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If we're going to devalue and degrade the labour of anybody who isn't "founder" because of its ability to be automated, then let's follow the thread to its logi
by moolcool 4y ago
If we're going to devalue and degrade the labour of anybody who isn't "founder" because of its ability to be automated, then let's follow the thread to its logical conclusion and say that it's the only VCs who really "create value". Just as AI will be able to take the legwork out of turning a concept into code, coming up with these concepts might well be an even easier task to automate. Of course though, it takes a wise human to know which AI generated concept to fund, and in that spirit, let's all put our hands together for the billionaires who will define this future for is. Really give it up!
- adamsmith143 4y agoWhy not go all the way and replace the fallible, gullible, arrogant human VCs with much smarter AI VCs who can determine which AI generated companies are likely to succeed with higher fidelity?
- moolcool 4y agoI think the more social/political/financial power possessed by the individual threatened by AI, the more resistance there will be to them being disrupted by it. Like look at tech's smug responses to truckers concerned about self driving, and contrast that to the perspective this tweet has toward everybody in tech except for founders. He's literally just insulating a ruling class. This class dynamic is so deeply ironic coming from someone who literally said that "automation is inductive proof that Marx was wrong". It's the opposite!
- thundergolfer 4y ago> "automation is inductive proof that Marx was wrong" He really said that? Plugging it into Google yields no results. That's a really dumb thing to say, a very tech billionaire misunderstanding of Marx.
- moolcool 4y agoHe did, in a now deleted tweet. He verifies the screenshots veracity in the replies. https://twitter.com/IlariKaila/status/1600120645211201536 https://twitter.com/IlariKaila/status/1600120645211201536
- thundergolfer 4y agoYeh I just saw it screenshotted on Twitter. Damn, so dumb. Graham once again getting too high on his own thought-leadership.
- pixl97 4y ago"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
- mydogcanpurr 4y agoWhen was he the hero?
- timmytokyo 4y agoWhich is hilarious, because one of Marxism's core tenets is that new technologies and industrialization lead to the deskilling of workers, resulting in the need for fewer of them. Probably why PG deleted his original tweet and rewrote it.
- moolcool 4y agoHe said he deleted it because mentioning Marx “attracts angry fools”, so if you’re right, his attempt to save face is hilarious.