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> I don't think it would be politically savvy to admit it. Depends on who you ask. If Trump wins and Elon Musk actually gets a new job, they would be bragging

by rty32 2y ago

> I don't think it would be politically savvy to admit it. Depends on who you ask. If Trump wins and Elon Musk actually gets a new job, they would be bragging about replacing humans with AI all day long. And corporates are going to love it. Not sure about what voters think though. But the fact that most of these companies are in California, New York etc means that it barely matters.

tjahg 2y ago
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- lenerdenator 2y ago
  That would be the way someone with no real awareness of the philosophies and realities of the two parties in the US would see it. And to be fair, that's a good description of a large chunk of the American electorate. But you can't have a guy who literally used to relieve himself into a golden toilet take over your party and be anything but the party of big business and billionaires.
  - Thorrez 2y ago
    >Despite widespread rumors, there is no verified evidence that Trump actually owns a gold toilet. https://royaltoiletry.com/does-trump-have-a-gold-toilet-unpacking-the-myths-and-realities/ https://royaltoiletry.com/does-trump-have-a-gold-toilet-unpa...
    - lenerdenator 2y ago
      Fair enough. Still a guy who operated multiple luxury hotel and golf course properties that would laugh a working man out the front door if he asked for an affordable room.
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ulfw 2y ago
Corporates will soon have to realise the hard reality that when masses of humans have been replaced there won't be masses of humans with salaries to buy said corporate's goods anymore.
- datavirtue 2y ago
  AI is socialism, and it's unstoppable. People are trying to stop progress and go back to the old days. Nothing about the universe permits this. A new economy is forming and there is nothing that can stop it without causing major, unintended fallout.
petre 2y ago
Yup, just like full self driving and ending the war in Ukraine on 24 hours.
- sfink 2y ago
  I find the boast about ending the war to be reasonably likely -- if it is clear the US is switching sides in the conflict, a negotiated capitulation could happen pretty quickly. In a similar vein, solving world hunger is closer today than it's ever been. The previous best hope was global thermonuclear war, but honestly that would leave enough survivors as to be mostly ineffective, and much more likely to have the opposite result. Severe climate change has a better shot at fully eliminating [human] hunger.
burningChrome 2y ago
>> they would be bragging about replacing humans with AI all day long. Has either bragged about this at all? The only thing I've heard floated is Musk running a "government efficiency commission" which I just assumed meant he would be looking for ways to gut a lot of the never ending, never dying government programs. I've never heard him saying the commissions goal was to replace people with AI. https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/trump-musk-government-efficiency/ https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/trump-m... The former president said such an audit would be to combat waste and fraud and suggested it could save trillions for the economy. As the first order of business, Trump said that this commission will develop an action plan to eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months.
- datavirtue 2y ago
  Trump and Musk will get bored quickly if elected. Once in office your power is checked.

by rty32 2y ago

tjahg 2y ago

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lenerdenator 2y ago
That would be the way someone with no real awareness of the philosophies and realities of the two parties in the US would see it. And to be fair, that's a good description of a large chunk of the American electorate. But you can't have a guy who literally used to relieve himself into a golden toilet take over your party and be anything but the party of big business and billionaires.
- Thorrez 2y ago
  >Despite widespread rumors, there is no verified evidence that Trump actually owns a gold toilet. https://royaltoiletry.com/does-trump-have-a-gold-toilet-unpacking-the-myths-and-realities/ https://royaltoiletry.com/does-trump-have-a-gold-toilet-unpa...
  - lenerdenator 2y ago
    Fair enough. Still a guy who operated multiple luxury hotel and golf course properties that would laugh a working man out the front door if he asked for an affordable room.
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ulfw 2y ago

Corporates will soon have to realise the hard reality that when masses of humans have been replaced there won't be masses of humans with salaries to buy said corporate's goods anymore.

datavirtue 2y ago
AI is socialism, and it's unstoppable. People are trying to stop progress and go back to the old days. Nothing about the universe permits this. A new economy is forming and there is nothing that can stop it without causing major, unintended fallout.

petre 2y ago

Yup, just like full self driving and ending the war in Ukraine on 24 hours.

sfink 2y ago
I find the boast about ending the war to be reasonably likely -- if it is clear the US is switching sides in the conflict, a negotiated capitulation could happen pretty quickly. In a similar vein, solving world hunger is closer today than it's ever been. The previous best hope was global thermonuclear war, but honestly that would leave enough survivors as to be mostly ineffective, and much more likely to have the opposite result. Severe climate change has a better shot at fully eliminating [human] hunger.

burningChrome 2y ago

>> they would be bragging about replacing humans with AI all day long. Has either bragged about this at all? The only thing I've heard floated is Musk running a "government efficiency commission" which I just assumed meant he would be looking for ways to gut a lot of the never ending, never dying government programs. I've never heard him saying the commissions goal was to replace people with AI. https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/trump-musk-government-efficiency/ https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/trump-m... The former president said such an audit would be to combat waste and fraud and suggested it could save trillions for the economy. As the first order of business, Trump said that this commission will develop an action plan to eliminate fraud and improper payments within six months.

datavirtue 2y ago
Trump and Musk will get bored quickly if elected. Once in office your power is checked.