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The right refuses to take AI seriously—Republicans are gutting the safety net as job-killing mass automation looms. (www.vox.com)
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In a world of truly transformative AI, automating 10 or 20 or perhaps even 100 percent of human labor, work requirements go from cruel to some combination of cruel, bizarre, and silly. They’d be like if Congress were, today, to pass a dedicated law setting labor standards for horse-and-buggy drivers. Imagine telling folks in a world of transformative AI “you have to work to get food stamps.” Work? What work? Unemployment is 30 percent and rising, what are you even talking about?

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Wrong. The right takes it just as seriously, they just see job losses from AI as an opportunity to kill off the surplus population.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This seems to be the biggest flaw with people of the center and the left wing; most just cannot put themselves into the perspective of the right wing to critically analyze the logic behind the position.

You cannot judge a right wing policy decision from the perspective of the left. The goals and expectations are not the same, so of course it doesn't make sense when using the logical framework of the left/center.

Once you understand the logic behind, then you can begin to actually criticize how their logic is flawed from its premise instead of just claiming they are stupid people who don't know what they are doing.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

They want 90% of the population living in third world poverty, slaving at dead end service jobs, or as office drones at shit wages and no benefits.

If they're not stopped, that's exactly our future. And there's no one to stop them.

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