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> In some ways, this just feels like a reversion to the mean for humanity. No it doesn't, this is ridiculous. All of you guys with your "this is just like the printing press" argum…

I know that. Both are still illegal, which is what I said, and is the point.

Murdering a random civilian and murdering a public official are also very different levels of damage, but we still outlaw and prosecute both of them. This is the same thing. Not to…

Making AI-voice videos of Trump and Biden playing Minecraft is one thing, they clearly sound overly robotic and that makes it funny, but being able to perfectly replicate voices is…

The fact that so many of them believe in that effective altruism nonsense shows why none of these people should ever be in control of such vast amounts of power and resources. They…

It's insane that this protection exists for "prominent figures" but nobody else. The same damage that can be done to prominent figures can be done to regular people, they acknowled…

> The other job seeker loses, your boss loses, you win Yes, that is how our economic system works. What, are you under the illusion we still have some kind of social contract or mo…

I never downvote, your ad hominem is false and shows your emotionally charged mentality. > None of your economic beliefs are grounded reality If you think reality is defined in eco…

> nonsensical conspiracy theories that match their ideological priors People's lived experiences in many parts of the country don't match what they're being told. If macro trends g…

Meaningless when housing costs have soared. They've made wage gains because it's literally not worth it to work for $8/hr anymore and companies were unable to find workers.

I wonder what makes people think comments like this are constructive or intelligent in any way, shape or form.

And yet Craig Newmark is a billionaire and the owners of Reddit aren't. $900 million in revenue means nothing if you jettison it into the stratosphere.

The people who cultivate Reddit communities are not the owners of Reddit, or the paid engineers of Reddit. Reddit isn't good because of Steve, or any of its leaders, the good and b…

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I think the trust comment is the crux of it. When AI can suddenly generate photorealistic images and answer any question, people wonder what it will be able to do next. Generate mo…

Oh I see where the disconnect is: It was always my understanding that Luddism isn't really an ideology, it's just a name for the specific Luddite workers movement that happened in …

>Yes it is, we shouldn't deny 10000 people shirts or cars or fresh bread to save 100 jobs That's not what I said. I said that if we want automation, we must also have a system to k…

>Preventing such replacement is definitionally anti-progress You can have automation while also ensuring that people do not lose their livelihoods. It's not anti-progress to say th…

> Luddism is a caricature of an ideology "Luddites [...] protested against manufacturers who used machines in "a fraudulent and deceitful manner" to replace the skilled labour of w…