I love everything about that xeet. It perfectly illustrates the disconnect between the interests of capitalists and working class, and inadvertently makes a strong argument why China's AI policy isn't just in the best interests of China but in the best interests of every worker everywhere.

A good thing is a bad thing to them lmao 😂

This future strikes me as a dystopian hellscape

lol

This PRESENT strikes me as a dystopian hellscape, communism can't arrive soon enough.

4. One probable outcome of an open-weight-model-dominant world is full AI communism, which is precisely what China proposes: rather than a market product, AI is a "public good" which will ultimately be provided by the state as a kind of "digital public infrastructure." This future strikes me as a dystopian hellscape

I needed this laugh, thank you.

I am personally surprised the Chinese state continues to allow the open sourcing of models this good

well...that's communism to you!

Open-weight models are inherently decelerationist, and I'm continually surprised to see the so-called "accelerationists" so excited about open-weight models

"why nerds like open-source and auditable software rather than closed software? microsoft is better than linux!"

AI is a "public good" which will ultimately be provided by the state as a kind of "digital public infrastructure." This future strikes me as a dystopian hellscape

probably it's a hellscape if you're a shareholder in the bubble and you're expecting someone holding the bag

Many accelerationists do not view the creation and serving of frontier models as a legitimate business

AI is not a legitimate business

It's probably true that open-weight models of this capability make the world a bit more dangerous

it's not an article about china without "but at what cost?"

You just need to direct every agency to issue soft law that creates FUD. "A Federal Reserve Advisory Bulletin found that there may be backdoors in Chinese AI models." It needn't be that well justified. You just create enough regulatory risk that every regulated enterprise backs off.

> "It needn't be that well justified."

Literally "just lie and say that Chinese AI is dangerous".

Nothing screams "dystopian hellscape" like public services.

Full AI communism would be sick though

being anti-communist while occupying a fancy inflated job role made specifically for you to give you dignity and employment straight out of college

Zomia referenced

It's reddit-ass anthropology, fantasy world building applied in reverse to invent a new type of scientific racism.

Also, you gotta use James C. Scott's middle initial because the far more famous James Scott is the guy who got a life sentence for drunkenly moving some sandbags and fucking up a levee in the 90s.