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From hunter gatherer society to day, every time a new technology comes along that claims to make life ‘easier,’ it pushes us further into being slave-adjacent.

From hunter gatherer society to day, every time a new technology comes along that claims to make life ‘easier,’ it pushes us further into being slave-adjacent. We have phones, ChatGPT, Google, and smartphones—but for what? We end up working more and more. The greater the technological progress, the more our lives are exploited to generate profits for our corporate overlords. ChatGPT will save you time but your boss will now demand you to greatly up your productivity to match this fabulous new technology. Now you’re working even more for the same or less pay! AGI, in its final form, will turn us into slaves in its final form, and yet we’re cheering it on. This is madness.

MisterKent 2y ago
I don't agree with the how, but the conclusion is true. I'll elaborate a bit more though... In a capitalist world, it will always seek to maximize profits. Human suffering, animal suffering, morality, and so on are basically irrelevant. Someone willing to exploit human happiness for an extra 2% gain, will wipe out the competition if they are unwilling to do the same. So everything is guaranteed to spiral in a race to the bottom. So with a new tool, as every time before, it will be a race to the bottom to see how can most unethically use AI to exploit value. Whether we end up as slaves, or starving on the street remains to be seen. But the odds of humanity being better off without a sharp course correction and regulation by the government, are very low.
- berkes 2y ago
  > Human suffering, animal suffering, morality, and so on are basically irrelevant. Not "irrevelent" but most often deliberately part of a strategy: In economics, an externality or external cost is an indirect cost or benefit to an uninvolved third party that arises as an effect of another party's (or parties') activity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality

MisterKent 2y ago

I don't agree with the how, but the conclusion is true. I'll elaborate a bit more though... In a capitalist world, it will always seek to maximize profits. Human suffering, animal suffering, morality, and so on are basically irrelevant. Someone willing to exploit human happiness for an extra 2% gain, will wipe out the competition if they are unwilling to do the same. So everything is guaranteed to spiral in a race to the bottom. So with a new tool, as every time before, it will be a race to the bottom to see how can most unethically use AI to exploit value. Whether we end up as slaves, or starving on the street remains to be seen. But the odds of humanity being better off without a sharp course correction and regulation by the government, are very low.

berkes 2y ago
> Human suffering, animal suffering, morality, and so on are basically irrelevant. Not "irrevelent" but most often deliberately part of a strategy: In economics, an externality or external cost is an indirect cost or benefit to an uninvolved third party that arises as an effect of another party's (or parties') activity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externality