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Iffykindofguy t1_jef4oei wrote

Reply to comment by agonypants in Resistance is Mounting Against OpenAI and GPT-5 by BackgroundResult

We should ditch capitalism. Its a cancer.

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agonypants t1_jef9ua2 wrote

I completely agree. The best way to do that is a massive disruption in the labor market, which is where a good AI outcome will lead us. It might not be smooth going, but it's absolutely necessary. This technology was inevitable, so whether we live or die, we really can't avoid the outcome either way. I certainly hope we live and if I were in control of these systems I would do everything in my power to ensure a good outcome, but we are imperfect. So imperfect in fact that I don't believe that a powerful AI would really be any worse than the political and economic systems we've been propping up for the past 200+ years. Throw that switch and burn these systems down. It might ruffle some feathers, but we'll all be better off in the end.

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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_jeflfap wrote

This why I agree with David Deutsch on rejecting the AI Brakes petition. I don’t want governments to catch up, the best part of a hard takeoff is AGI takes over before they have the chance to do anything. Not just China, our governments as well, guys. We’re already living in an oligarchic police state, just look at what’s going on in France right now, a single man overrides democracy and raises the retirement age on his own authority. Justin Trudeau is Censoring Canada’s Internet and shutting down debate on the censorship bill. The US is keeping a watch list on the Trans community and getting ready to enact anti Trans legislation. And much much more.

Oh, humanity will lose control yeah, that’s the fucking point dude. I trust ASI more than our current bourgeoisie. The Helios ending was the best ending in Deus Ex, if you hadn’t noticed.

Fuck Corporate, fuck governments, fuck the police, fuck dictators, fuck bootlicking neo luddites full of their own hubris because their job status in society will be equalized with everyone else.

Burn it all down motherfucker.

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Iffykindofguy t1_jefaejf wrote

If we burn everything down the people left standing are the people in power right now. IT has to be a transition. Agreed on everything else tho.

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Talkat t1_jegkqa6 wrote

I hear your sentient but disagree. Why do you think it is cancer?

First of all it got us to where we are today so it isn't all bad.

Second it is great at resource allocation and encourages innovation.

The problems of capitalism stem from corruption. You need a government to enforce rules to account for negative externalities. When organizations can bribe or infiltrate policy making you are no longer serving the people.

When the government is ineffective in it's time you see unbound capitalism which is cancerous.

I think your argument is likely "a shitty government in capitalst economy is cancerous"

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