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> The dream of a perpetual labor machine is the end goal of capitalists. Frankly, "AGI" just seems like a return to Antebellum slave economics. Free labor is
by dan_gggggg 1mo ago
> The dream of a perpetual labor machine is the end goal of capitalists.
Frankly, "AGI" just seems like a return to Antebellum slave economics.
Free labor is a C-suite's wet dream, and it has been since the 1520s.
Yeah "AI" doesn't work but that doesn't matter. Your boss believes that there is a coin-operated robot slave that is smarter than you, never gets tired, and never talks back. Good luck getting that raise now, asshole.
- seki285 1mo agoWhy the specific 1520s date?
- dan_gggggg 1mo ago[dead]
- enoint 1mo agoThe labor consequences of the Black Death in Europe swung back to capital in the 1520s. The proportion of the population working for wages crossed 50%.