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Since AI has been trained on the generous gifts of the collective (books, code repos, art, ..), it begs the question why normal societies would not start to regulate them as a collective good. I can foresee two forces that will work against society to claim it back: - Dominance of neoliberalism thought, with its strong belief that for any disease markets will be the cure. - Strong lobby from big corporates. You don't…
The sectors of work that have been largely pushed out of economy in recent decades have not been defended by serious state policy. In fact there are whole groups of crucial workers, like teachers or nurses, who are kept around barely surviving in many countries. The groups protected by the state tend to be heavily organized and directly related to exploitation of natural strategic resources, like farmers or miners. T…
The concern policy makers have is not about programmers, but about boatloads of other people having no time to adapt to the massive wave these policymakers see coming.
There a strong signals that anyone who produces text, speech, pictures or whatever is going to be affected by it. If the value of labor goes down, if a large part of humanity cannot reach a level anymore to meaningfully contribute, if productivity eclipses demand growth, you simply will see lots of people left behind.
Strong societies depend on strong middle classes. If the middle class slips, so will the economy, so no good news for blue collar as well. AI has the potential to suffocate the organism that created it.