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> Driving down the cost of manufacturing because of process standardization and automation brought down the cost of consumer goods, and labor's value. We don't
by ToucanLoucan 2y ago
> Driving down the cost of manufacturing because of process standardization and automation brought down the cost of consumer goods, and labor's value.
We don't need AI to bring down the cost of healthcare. It's well documented to a ridiculous degree now that the United States spends vastly more per-patient on healthcare while receiving just about the worst outcomes, and it has nothing the fuck to do with how much the staff are paid, and everything to do with the for profit models and insurance industry. Our healthcare system is comprised to a large amount of nothing but various middlemen operating between what should be a pretty straightforward relationship between you, your doctor, your pharmacist and the health oversight of the Government.
- coldpie 2y agoWell put. The goal of AI isn't to bring down costs. It's to move (even more of) the profits from the workers to the owners. If the goal was to bring down costs, there are way, way more effective ways to do that.
- vladms 2y agoWhat references you have for "even more of"? Global inequality is dropping : https://ourworldindata.org/the-history-of-global-economic-inequality https://ourworldindata.org/the-history-of-global-economic-in... Yes, probably the richest do now crazier stuff than before (ex: planning to go to Mars rather than making a pyramid), but lots of people have access to more things (like food, shelter, etc.) There are enough open source models weights so that everybody can use AI for whatever they want (with some minor investments in a couple of GPU). It is not some closed secret that nobody can touch.