Similar to McKinsey and other consulting firms, AI advancements may help concentrate wealth, disempower workers, and “sharpen the knife blade of capitalism”
As it's currently imagined, the technology promises to concentrate wealth and disempower workers. Is an alternative possible? Mastodon: @cblgh@merveilles.town . Tweets: @jjvincent , @danmcquillan , @elliemarney , @artificialnix , @tozozozo , @chrispolpsych , @hardmaru , @delia_cai , @helenlohara , and @delia_cai Mastodon: Alexander Cobleigh / @cblgh@merveilles.town : »Whenever anyone accuses anyone else of being a Luddite, it's worth asking, is the person being accused actually against technology? Or are they in favor of economic justice? … Tweets: James Vincent / @jjvincent : ted chiang is spot on again in his comparison of AI's (emerging) function to consultants that act as “capital's willing executioners” — a way to justify decisions that primarily benefit the interests of shareholders and management https://www.newyorker.com/... https://twitter.com/... @danmcquillan : Struck by the overlaps between Ted Chiang's New Yorker piece https://www.newyorker.com/... and the arguments in ‘Resisting AI’. If you think he's got a point but want more in-depth analysis and a more radical response than ‘less harmful capitalism’ check out https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ ... @elliemarney : “The doomsday scenario is not a manufacturing A.I. transforming the entire planet into paper clips...It's A.I.-supercharged corporations destroying the environment and the working class in their pursuit of shareholder value.” This is 💯 excellent: https://www.newyorker.com/... Nix / @artificialnix : okay this is the first “maybe AI will replace these jobs” that i think isn't absurd. which probably says more about my opinion of consultants than AI https://twitter.com/... @tozozozo : the new Ted Chiang article is absolutely required reading https://www.newyorker.com/... https://twitter.com/... Christopher Federico / @chrispolpsych : Chiang gets it, as usual: “The tendency to think of A.I. as a magical problem solver is indicative of a desire to avoid the hard work that building a better world requires. That hard work will involve things like addressing wealth inequality and taming capitalism.” https://twitter.com/... @hardmaru : Generative AI might not be that great at math and reasoning, but they can probably do 2x2 matrices and make powerpoints, which is probably good enough. https://www.newyorker.com/... Delia / @delia_cai : “I'm not very convinced by claims that A.I. poses a danger to humanity because it might develop goals of its own and prevent us from turning it off. However, I do think that A.I. is dangerous inasmuch as it increases the power of capitalism.” https://www.newyorker.com/... Helen O'Hara / @helenlohara : Surprising no one, this Ted Chiang piece on AI from a couple of days ago is extremely good. https://www.newyorker.com/... Delia / @delia_cai : “The tendency to think of A.I. as a magical problem solver is indicative of a desire to avoid the hard work that building a better world requires.” instantly classic chiang heater honestly https://twitter.com/...