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Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

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Re: Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

#152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a well known mathematical property of first-past-the-post election systems, as opposed to evidence of your grand conspiracy theory

It doesn't require a "grand conspiracy theory" to know that dominant capital interests have the power and desire to perpetuate themselves. But keep trying to wave the away the obvious. You only look more ridiculous the harder you try.

Just because its a Marxist trope doesn't make it not a conspiracy theory

Re: Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

#153
post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Election denialism is unbecoming of anyone with a brain Convincing argument you have there, but the choices we're provided between shit sandwich A and shit sandwich B are the problem, not which one wins.

This is a well known mathematical property of first-past-the-post election systems, as opposed to evidence of your grand conspiracy theory

It is a well known physical property of lawn rakes that one end is heavier than the other, as opposed to evidence my neighbor is abusive in hitting me with one over and over.

Re: Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

#154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a well known mathematical property of first-past-the-post election systems, as opposed to evidence of your grand conspiracy theory

Maybe then the US should abandon first past the post?

I would support that, and there are states that have already switched to different systems in their local or other elections

Re: Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

#155
post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Election denialism is unbecoming of anyone with a brain Convincing argument you have there, but the choices we're provided between shit sandwich A and shit sandwich B are the problem, not which one wins.

No your choice was between a competent leader and a con man. When people type what you type it seems obvious you are attempting to avoid responsibility for choosing the con man. I blame everyone that has this "there was no good choice" bull. That is exactly what it is an excuse for blowing up everything and claiming no responsibility.

> No your choice was between a competent leader and a con man.

No, the non-con man option was an unpopular candidate who was installed after skipping a primary process. A primary process that was shown to be a complete joke during the previous cycle.

> When people type what you type it seems obvious you are attempting to avoid responsibility for choosing the con man.

I never chose the con man. Nor did I choose the party who manufactured consent for him with their pied piper "strategy" that was exposed only by wikileaks. Did the party reflect on this? No. They got mad at the person who leaked it.

Re: Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

#157
post #12

> Instead, solutions should be developed through a public democratic process that includes elected officials, policymakers, educators, health workers, local officials, and community leaders. Millions of people will have their lives disrupted, and we’ll need a stronger, more flexible social safety net to help them manage the transition. Local communities are already raising concerns about the energy and water needed f…

Election denialism is unbecoming of anyone with a brain

“Sounds great, except it ignores the fact that capital interests have controlled the levers of our faux democracies for decades, with no end in sight.”

This is not election denialism. This is almost just a fact except they also subjectively declare that we have a faux democracy (which also seems accurate to me).

Re: Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

#158

If the result will be huge job loss doesn't that mean the overall buying power of all across all economies will go down drastically which begs the question who will buy the stuff that these companies that get rid of people are making?

Exactly. Henry Ford made sure his own employees could afford the cars they were making.

These people making these kind of grand pronouncements either have an embarrassing blind spot, or are not making sincere, but carefully calculated statements.

Just via competition, Chinese researchers are doing much more than Bill Gates could ever hope to do through 'thought leadership' spread the benefits of generative AI.

Re: Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here

#159
post #13

> We have to think now about how to reduce job losses so that everyone can share in the prosperity that AI creates. And I thought he is a smart man. This is so last century thinking. We need to prepare that there will definitely be no jobs for everyone and that will be falling all the time, it’s not a one-time event you should “prepare for”. There’s nothing to prepare, we already have funds and productivity to feed a…

I really don't think UBI can ever happen in the US. There is a moral imperative of "industriousness". Keynes' prediction (or maybe desire) ~100 years ago of the 15 hour workweek never panned out.

In the US, you're at least as likely to have half the population vote that anyone who cannot find a job should be exterminated, despite a large proportion of those voting for it being the very people most likely to become jobless, because Fox News will convince them it will mostly affect immigrants and/or some other group they're supposed to hate.
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