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Is it really OK to not be completely against AI in the case of China’s development of it when China is a relatively non-internationalist socialist hegemon? (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 hours ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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I’m very much a luddite when it comes to AI, I’m unequivocally against its usage and development. The social and environmental costs AI incurs and proposes to incur are overwhelming. The celebration of AI with Chinese characteristics is often justified by the idea that AI can be useful, and the reason why it’s OK to be vehemently against it otherwise but support it when it’s being implemented by China is because AI can only be a force for evil within the capitalist framework. I agree with the latter point obviously but find it hard to accept that China driving AI advancement is a good thing for the world.

I don’t want to have a debate about whether China is a revisionist state, but I think we can all agree that China has refused to take the role of the Soviet Union in exporting socialism to the world. What happens when it exports AI to countries world over that very much operate within a capitalist framework while China does nothing to advance world wide socialism?

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China is the world leader in renewable energy. This means they have significant competitive advantage for any productivity that utilizes electric power. They are also generally utilizing "AI" much more contextually then any of their competitors. There is miniscule belief in AGI within China compared with the capitalist AGI hype that continues to inflate the bubble.

There are many implications that come out of these differences, but the most important one in my perspective is that the CPC is not beholden to the interests of AI firms, unlike the entirety of the financial capital machine at this point.

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