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The WEF is essentially the world chamber of commerce. This type of messaging is trying to convince the public that AI is inevitable and there’s nothing that can

by cudgy 2y ago

The WEF is essentially the world chamber of commerce. This type of messaging is trying to convince the public that AI is inevitable and there’s nothing that can be done; The underlying message is the public should accept that they are useless for the most part and that being laid off so that existing companies can maximize their profits at the expense of the citizens is a logical conclusion. Similar to the widely held belief that manufacturing of goods in the cheapest place and sending them back to your home country is a good thing, even though it hollows out the middle class, creating poverty and misery for the citizens. Just look around in the US (and other countries) at how the average person lives, or the vast quantities of homeless people wandering around with little purpose. The idea of UBI is another one of these operations. The idea is to keep the public Placid long enough till it’s too late. Most of the people reading this forum understand this even if you don’t publicly state it. People think, “it’ll be OK. I don’t need to have a job. The oligarchy will surely take care of the masses and provide us with enough to live a respectable life.“ Essentially we’re all frogs in a pot if we fall for this.

disambiguation 2y ago
Sure there are always narratives at play, but the reality is never really either or. Automation is an objective trend that we have to contend with. Vending machines for example are a menace that threaten to make all retail workers obsolete. I think we still have a long road ahead to a fully automated utopia, but as we become more efficient at converting labor into wealth, we need to get more serious about the problem of fair resource distribution.
- cudgy 2y ago
  Automating away retail workers is one thing that has real implications for those workers, but those are low-skilled, low paying jobs that did not require years of training and formal education in many cases. Automating away high tech jobs and other high skill jobs that require significant investments on the part of the workers in human capital along with the great impact these jobs have to local communities due to the higher income and entrepreneurial affects is even more destructive. What incentive do US youth (and youth around the world for that matter) have to invest in these jobs? How does the US reverse the trend if they don’t invest or provide opportunities for their own citizens? What jobs remain if this plays out to its predictable conclusion? How will there be a functional economy if only a few make money and have the money? How will societies prevent revolt when so many people aren’t participating in the economy and feel effectively nationless? Again, it’s about short-term vision from the current leaders without much thought about the long-term implications. Citizens are going to have to wake up or the majority are going to be amongst the homeless wandering around with nothing to do.

by cudgy 2y ago

disambiguation 2y ago

Sure there are always narratives at play, but the reality is never really either or. Automation is an objective trend that we have to contend with. Vending machines for example are a menace that threaten to make all retail workers obsolete. I think we still have a long road ahead to a fully automated utopia, but as we become more efficient at converting labor into wealth, we need to get more serious about the problem of fair resource distribution.

cudgy 2y ago
Automating away retail workers is one thing that has real implications for those workers, but those are low-skilled, low paying jobs that did not require years of training and formal education in many cases. Automating away high tech jobs and other high skill jobs that require significant investments on the part of the workers in human capital along with the great impact these jobs have to local communities due to the higher income and entrepreneurial affects is even more destructive. What incentive do US youth (and youth around the world for that matter) have to invest in these jobs? How does the US reverse the trend if they don’t invest or provide opportunities for their own citizens? What jobs remain if this plays out to its predictable conclusion? How will there be a functional economy if only a few make money and have the money? How will societies prevent revolt when so many people aren’t participating in the economy and feel effectively nationless? Again, it’s about short-term vision from the current leaders without much thought about the long-term implications. Citizens are going to have to wake up or the majority are going to be amongst the homeless wandering around with nothing to do.