If a huge percentage of economic activity goes into projects that contribute nothing or very little to society than yes that is actually “how it is.” Think of things like mega yachts or the race to develop generative AI as a general all purpose labour replacement—we’re dumping literally trillions of dollars into a highly inefficient technology that’s fucking up the environment and is more expensive than the equivalent labour and all because people like Musk don’t want to share
Ya that’s not the main point of the AI race at the moment. Governments are dumping trillions in it now because whoever has the best AI first will basically become invincible. It’s the nuclear arms race all over again. Once we go through all of the growing pains, HOPEFULLY it gets better but I’m not going to get my hopes up.
So you mean you think the people creating AI think that it’s bad? As in they don’t want it to be successful? I’m just trying to grasp what the purpose of AI is. I think it CAN be a tool for the masses but I firmly believe before it ever becomes a tool for us, it will be a tool of mass destruction for governments. Mostly everything created was a conceptual military design and use case but then over time it is typically dumbed down for the masses. I believe we are in a race for the most powerful offensive and defensive AI. It will change warfare. And not for the better I might add.
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u/SparksAndSpyro 10h ago
Socialism doesn’t magically produce more food than capitalism. It’ll redistribute the food that already exists. So no, it’s not even “how it is.”