machines have freed (some of) us from physical labour which means we need physical gym to keep us healthy and in case we suddenly need to do physical stuff
ai will free us from (a weird, changing, jagged subset of) cognitive labour which means we will need mental gym to keep us healthy and in case we suddenly need to think
Influencers are the private equity of culture: draining whatever’s “cool” until higher prices and worse experiences push out the original fan base. Then they move on to the next thing, leaving the original to die as fans lose interest or the ability to participate.
@THBrngs@BastionMediaFR Et en quoi le fait que des connards qui travaillent dans les abattoirs fassent la même chose rend les migrants moins coupables ??
I think there is a correlation between technology and political repression.
I think tech ENABLES government, but the inherent desire to establish an authoritarian state is already there.
My bet is that I will read this article and its full of heuristic non rigorous formulas
MIT mathematically proved that AI will destroy the democracy.
A Nobel-winning MIT economist published a terrifying paper called "Automation and Repression"
As AI and automation replace human labor, wealth concentrates heavily in the hands of a tiny group of capital owners. Inequality skyrockets.
When inequality hits a critical mass, workers realize they are being crushed and the threat of a popular revolt spikes.
Faced with that threat, the ruling elite are forced to make a choice.
They can redistribute the wealth through taxes, or they can use force to keep people down.
The paper mathematically proves a dark reality: there is a direct, inescapable link between automation and political repression.
The more capital accumulates through AI, the more the elite prefer repression over redistribution.
Why? Because sharing the wealth cuts into their power. Funding a police state protects it.
It gets worse.
The authors modeled what happens when an economy starts inside a clean, stable democracy.
As automation advances and capital concentrates at the top, the math shows that the elite eventually find democracy to be a liability.
They stop supporting democratic systems. They back a coup. They install a repressive system just to protect their automated wealth.
Nobody is voting to end democracy.
The technology’s economic incentives just make authoritarian control the logical next step for survival.
@SalomeSibonex After attempting to better understand their position and why they are the way they are, I have to admit most pro AI people are just stupid.
It’s a class of low agency people who use AI-slogans to try to escape the unavoidable truth that global IQ is getting nuked.
@THBrngs@BastionMediaFR Entre frapper un bébé dauphin à mort et acheter un steak haché au super marché, effectivement il n’y a aucune différence !
Si caractéristique de la gauche de faire semblant de ne pas comprendre ❣️
this is the logical endpoint of treating art as content & hobbies as a way to belong. you don’t care about art itself; you just want to consume whatever gives you something to talk about and a place in “the community.” take that away and you're nothing. fandom rots the soul...
@Grichki1@Mothhto Mon but n’était pas de faire un commentaire econimico-scientifique.
Je voulais juste indiquer ma position morale : j’aime voir souffrir les boomers.
@Im_SeO_for_ever@Mothhto On ne devrait pas avoir à se sacrifier pour d’autres.
Je n’aurai pas de retraite quoi qu’il arrive car l’état français va faire faillite, et les fonds de retraite avec.
Comme toute ma génération, j’essaie de prévoir ma retraite moi-même, écrasé par un état communiste.