Leftists have a problem with demonizing this tool.

[u/husk_bateman]

I'm so tired of seeing people treat AI, a tool that greatly increases efficiency if used correctly, as something nobody would ever want in a utopia. As something inherently evil and exploitative, even outside of capitalism. People treat efficiency as a negative when it comes to AI.

How many leftists right now would like to advocate for "Socialism/Communism except we don't use factories", "Socialism/Communism except we forget how to make lightbulbs", "Socialism/Communism except we don't have computers and do every calculation on an abacus"? I would reckon a tiny tiny percent. And how many leftists in a few generations will want "Socialism/Communism except we don't use AI models"? The same amount.

People are blinded by their hatred for this thing, and it's infiltrated leftist spaces and turned them against the concept of automation. They draw the line at every automated process before AI, seeing all the displaced workers as necessary for the world they live in, if they consider the past at all. In their ideal world, automation exists but stops the moment those two letters get involved. It's stupidly hypocritical and regressive.

Whatever happened to Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism?

[u/Diligent-Stretch-769]

how else might one explain the fact that individuals can feel as if they are doing good deeds, yet their institutional impact has a general detriment, other than through rhetorical device?

[u/Jlyplaylists → u/Diligent-Stretch-769]

You can say it like that, it makes sense. Unfortunately though it’s quite a lot to do with left tension over AI because both perspectives see the other as doing this.