Marxism in the Age of AI (cosmonautmag.com)
 

A piece where the author tackles Nick Land, argues for machine consciousness via semiotics, and ends up with:

Just like workers, the subjectivity of universal robots will be shaped by their exploitation and domination. The new phase of class struggle will thereby be characterized by the question of solidarity between human workers and universal robots, and whether the semantic fields cultivated in the machines, which contain a rich inner reflection of experiences, relationships and social realities, are something worth cherishing and preserving with dignity, or are something which is to be discarded like garbage on an industrial scale.

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The flourishing of personal relationships built on free association between both humans and universal robots is the only basis for the autonomous reign of the general intellect over the forces of production, and the total subjectivization of the apparatus of fixed capital marshaled by society. Thus the proletarian vision of the awakening of the machine is not catastrophe nor subordination; it is love, the true possession by love.

Sweet.

[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Partly AI-psychosis, but it's also geopolitics (especially as the main beneficiary would be US big tech): US renews push for EU to soften Big Tech rules

The recent Starshield saga shows how dependent Europeans are on certain US capabilities that simply lack a European alternative (the European alternative to Starlink, IRIS2, won't be online before 2030), so with the Ukraine war and the European security order looming in the background of everything, politicians are willing to twist themselves as much as it takes to placate the US.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    A frustrating (and beware, long) post I came across: Coding is NOT solved

    Starts off with some good sneers:

    Those who claim LLM-generated software is good enough: ❌ Haven’t written code in ages ❌ Cannot spot if their code figuratively had 6 fingers! ❌ Have a low bar for what good looks like ❌ Don’t care about quality or NFR ❌ Have difficulty understanding an S-curve ✅ Are honest: AI genuinely writes better code than them

    But the author can't get over their AI-centrism:

    Instead of following other people’s advice, build with AI, gain first hand experience and make up your mind. But whatever you do, please please please don’t fool yourself into believing this is a fad. AI is here to stay, and as I stated above there are some genuine use cases for it already.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago*

    I mean motivated & cowardly ignorance has been a staple of liberal-conservatism for I don't know however long. I support cutting (my) taxes and increasing (my) liberty -- oh dear, why are some people suddenly poor and trampled upon? I would NEVER! This is just so horrible for me, I just need another tax cut right now. Have the poors tried eating cake?

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