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Both things can be true at the same time: 1. tools like this are going to be exploited by corporations to extract money from people. 2. tools like this will p
by Marha01 3mo ago
Both things can be true at the same time:
1. tools like this are going to be exploited by corporations to extract money from people.
2. tools like this will provide great benefits for the average person.
We are currently exploited by corporations, arguably more than in the past, and yet we have the highest standard of living in history. In large part due to technological progress.
- xg15 3mo agoThey were built by the same companies doing the exploitation. They didn't invest billions of dollars without any kind of goal what they are building this for.
- Marha01 3mo agoThat's conspiracy thinking. The corporations just care about the quarterly results. There is no grand plan.
- xg15 3mo agoTell that to those guys: https://www.iwm.at/publication/iwmpost-article/tech-bros-and-total-information-awareness https://www.iwm.at/publication/iwmpost-article/tech-bros-and...
- Marha01 3mo agoCorporations colluding with the government is nothing new, it happened since both corporations and government existed, yet standard of living keeps increasing.