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Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

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Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#11

All my homies hate AI. It has really given us a perfect emblem of the worst capitalism has to offer, I'm not holding my breath but perhaps this backlash will precipitate further change to drive us toward a flatter economy and a society that does a better job of rejecting exploitation and concentration of power. One that more effectively serves humanity and allows us to find a much better global optimum.

I’m all for no concentration of power but not at the expense of technological progress. Are you seeing the physical AI that has just begun to explode over the last few months? Robots can now literally reliably put your clothes into a washing machine, start it, move them to the dryer, pull them out and fold and stack all of them. They can almost reliably rinse and put your dishes into the dishwasher, start it, then pu…

A. That's not a useful thing I care about nor should you (in the context of the current state of things) and B. I don't oppose AI as a concept. I oppose it as an emblem of the failure of our systems of governance to serve the common man. I oppose the implementation that people colloquially mean when they say AI, I have nothing against tensor blobs and I more or less wish intellectual property was abolished.

Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#12

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I’m all for no concentration of power but not at the expense of technological progress. Are you seeing the physical AI that has just begun to explode over the last few months? Robots can now literally reliably put your clothes into a washing machine, start it, move them to the dryer, pull them out and fold and stack all of them. They can almost reliably rinse and put your dishes into the dishwasher, start it, then pu…

A. That's not a useful thing I care about nor should you (in the context of the current state of things) and B. I don't oppose AI as a concept. I oppose it as an emblem of the failure of our systems of governance to serve the common man. I oppose the implementation that people colloquially mean when they say AI, I have nothing against tensor blobs and I more or less wish intellectual property was abolished.

A robot that does all of the chores in your house and outside your house is not useful? I’m going to stop reading right there.

Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

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A. That's not a useful thing I care about nor should you (in the context of the current state of things) and B. I don't oppose AI as a concept. I oppose it as an emblem of the failure of our systems of governance to serve the common man. I oppose the implementation that people colloquially mean when they say AI, I have nothing against tensor blobs and I more or less wish intellectual property was abolished.

A robot that does all of the chores in your house and outside your house is not useful? I’m going to stop reading right there.

Not in the current context no, opportunity costs exist.

Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m all for no concentration of power but not at the expense of technological progress. Are you seeing the physical AI that has just begun to explode over the last few months? Robots can now literally reliably put your clothes into a washing machine, start it, move them to the dryer, pull them out and fold and stack all of them. They can almost reliably rinse and put your dishes into the dishwasher, start it, then pu…

A. That's not a useful thing I care about nor should you (in the context of the current state of things) and B. I don't oppose AI as a concept. I oppose it as an emblem of the failure of our systems of governance to serve the common man. I oppose the implementation that people colloquially mean when they say AI, I have nothing against tensor blobs and I more or less wish intellectual property was abolished.

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Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#15

All my homies hate AI. It has really given us a perfect emblem of the worst capitalism has to offer, I'm not holding my breath but perhaps this backlash will precipitate further change to drive us toward a flatter economy and a society that does a better job of rejecting exploitation and concentration of power. One that more effectively serves humanity and allows us to find a much better global optimum.

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Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

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So, one example of a politician losing their job at the end of the article? Not exactly making the case for the headline, considering number of words in the article. And the issue at hand, of course, is really data centers and not AI.

Data centers were a niche or nonexistent issue before the dislike of AI became mainstream.

Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#17

All my homies hate AI. It has really given us a perfect emblem of the worst capitalism has to offer, I'm not holding my breath but perhaps this backlash will precipitate further change to drive us toward a flatter economy and a society that does a better job of rejecting exploitation and concentration of power. One that more effectively serves humanity and allows us to find a much better global optimum.

I’m all for no concentration of power but not at the expense of technological progress. Are you seeing the physical AI that has just begun to explode over the last few months? Robots can now literally reliably put your clothes into a washing machine, start it, move them to the dryer, pull them out and fold and stack all of them. They can almost reliably rinse and put your dishes into the dishwasher, start it, then pu…

A robot that washes your clothes isn’t much use if you can’t afford clothes (let alone the robot) because there’s not enough work left that they can’t do to employ more than a minuscule fraction of us humans and the techno-feudal barons have no interest in distributing let alone redistributing the proceeds.

Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m all for no concentration of power but not at the expense of technological progress. Are you seeing the physical AI that has just begun to explode over the last few months? Robots can now literally reliably put your clothes into a washing machine, start it, move them to the dryer, pull them out and fold and stack all of them. They can almost reliably rinse and put your dishes into the dishwasher, start it, then pu…

A robot that washes your clothes isn’t much use if you can’t afford clothes (let alone the robot) because there’s not enough work left that they can’t do to employ more than a minuscule fraction of us humans and the techno-feudal barons have no interest in distributing let alone redistributing the proceeds.

The US isn’t the only player in the game. In fact, it may not even be the main player in a couple of years. There are people (mainly China) that will do this irrespective of whatever Luddite crap you pull right now. This is happening whether you like it or not. If everyone loses their job, there is going to be something that works itself out. This is not a reason to shit the bed and play dead weight on technological progress.

Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#19
post #2

So, one example of a politician losing their job at the end of the article? Not exactly making the case for the headline, considering number of words in the article. And the issue at hand, of course, is really data centers and not AI.

It's about data centers AND it's about AI.

Re: Americans hate AI so much that politicians are losing their jobs over it

#20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A robot that does all of the chores in your house and outside your house is not useful? I’m going to stop reading right there.

Not in the current context no, opportunity costs exist.

Well, given that stunning list of zero opportunity costs, I'm sure forced to reconsider my stance. Very persuasive!
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