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It is happening. But I'm more concerned by the enshittification of life for everybody working in a field that just heard the starting pistol for the race to the

It is happening. But I'm more concerned by the enshittification of life for everybody working in a field that just heard the starting pistol for the race to the bottom. Dollar sign eyed executives will happily take that shitty version of their former product and "employ" gig workers making piece work wages to sorta clean it up without having to give anyone security or health insurance or anything. It's a turbo charger for the upper crust's money vacuum.

lazide 3y ago
Sure, but what to do about it?
- rglover 3y ago
  If you're blessed enough to do it (or can sweat it out): build companies that reject that line of thinking and hire those people. The good news is that the markets are already proven, so—though, not easy—it boils down to building the same products while restoring some semblance of their original vision (just under a new brand name).
- chefandy 3y ago
  Not sure. Something doesn't need a solution to be a problem, and pointing it out in a crowd of people gleefully patting themselves on the back about making the problem worse every day is a worthwhile pursuit. It's sacrilegious to even imply prioritizing the profit machine at many other people's expense isn't a requirement of any plan, but maybe the policy experts can figure out how our society could treat people like they're inherently worthwhile so when industry dramatically improves efficiency, we won't just casually toss the affected people out the window like a bag of moldy peaches and tell them its their own fault. The only people who got a congressional hearing were the people running giant AI projects begging for regulatory capture to prevent boogeyman problems. They did not hear from someone with kids to feed and stage 4 cancer about to lose their family health insurance because chatGPT tanked the market for their labor overnight and the only work they can get is gig work which makes them just enough money to not qualify for most government subsidies. Despite what many private health insurance fans say about health care being free for the poor, hospitals are only required to stabilize you. They'll stop you from bleeding out, but they sure as fuck aren't giving you a free supply of chemotherapy, heart medication, colostomy bags, dialysis, or insulin. I'm not proposing one, but am skeptical that this reality will be seriously considered at any point before a large-scale violent uprising is on the table.

lazide 3y ago

Sure, but what to do about it?

rglover 3y ago
If you're blessed enough to do it (or can sweat it out): build companies that reject that line of thinking and hire those people. The good news is that the markets are already proven, so—though, not easy—it boils down to building the same products while restoring some semblance of their original vision (just under a new brand name).
chefandy 3y ago
Not sure. Something doesn't need a solution to be a problem, and pointing it out in a crowd of people gleefully patting themselves on the back about making the problem worse every day is a worthwhile pursuit. It's sacrilegious to even imply prioritizing the profit machine at many other people's expense isn't a requirement of any plan, but maybe the policy experts can figure out how our society could treat people like they're inherently worthwhile so when industry dramatically improves efficiency, we won't just casually toss the affected people out the window like a bag of moldy peaches and tell them its their own fault. The only people who got a congressional hearing were the people running giant AI projects begging for regulatory capture to prevent boogeyman problems. They did not hear from someone with kids to feed and stage 4 cancer about to lose their family health insurance because chatGPT tanked the market for their labor overnight and the only work they can get is gig work which makes them just enough money to not qualify for most government subsidies. Despite what many private health insurance fans say about health care being free for the poor, hospitals are only required to stabilize you. They'll stop you from bleeding out, but they sure as fuck aren't giving you a free supply of chemotherapy, heart medication, colostomy bags, dialysis, or insulin. I'm not proposing one, but am skeptical that this reality will be seriously considered at any point before a large-scale violent uprising is on the table.