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points by jiaosdjf 3 days ago | 0 comments
Then we riot and burn it to the ground.

The value proposition is extremely simple:

1. Clankers do almost everything for us as ethical slaves

2. Everything costs next to nothing, from raw materials to finished products, and much of it can be done at home, sustainably and even better than we have it today

3. Society transitions towards utopia, basic needs met for all, away from hand-to-mouth, and we spend our time on friends, family, community and personal enrichment

The alternative is a dystopia beyond Orwellian.

People need to get this idea into their heads: our governments work for us and with almost infinite cheap robot labour and national resources the focus should be on society and not enriching some fucking crooks.

Its literally us or them, literally a fight for our lives

[–] kakacik 3 days ago
> The alternative is a dystopia beyond Orwellian.

And this is where we go full speed, and if anybody voices concern there is 'think about children!' for 'em or just laugh them off as luddites. If you ever wanted to move social layers, yesterday was too late.

But imagine the control - how desperate folks will be for some pocket money if half of population is unemployable. So much control! So many cheap gardeners / sex slaves to choose from! You would have to work outside openai / anthropic to refuse that, for sure you will be one of few on top of the pile, not some trash within it right.

Time to rewatch V for Vendetta and Gattaca.

[–] jiaosdjf 2 days ago
Yes I think it will just be a race to the bottom, however there are several distinct classes of work immune to the concept of AI:

1. Where the market will pay for the privilege or 'quality' of a human (you pay more for a nurse, nanny, server etc., its a status symbol)

2. Where human accountability is required by law, even if that human is just following the recommendations of AI (C-suite, human-in-the-loop safety monitoring)

3. Where personal ownership exists, AI can only serve your small business it cannot own anything

[–] Viliam1234 2 days ago
> our governments work for us and with almost infinite cheap robot labour and national resources the focus should be on society and not enriching some fucking crooks.

But also, with almost infinite cheap robot labour (and army), our governments no longer need to work for us.

[–] jiaosdjf 2 days ago
I'm aware of the incentives, but the premise must remain crystal clear:

OF the people, BY the people, FOR the people, OR death to the tyrants.

We cannot afford to fuck around this time, this tech will enable a power dynamic beyond all previous estimation. Stalin, Hitler, the Stasi - their systems were as sophisticated as piece of chalk compared to this potential for universal cross-referenced real-time surveillance backed up by an army of super-soldiers that would murder their own children without hesitation if they had any.