Alright. Hang the fuck on.

Class war.

Technology is incapable of doing anything. It literally can do nothing. It can be used as a tool for sure.

It’s currently being used to fuck you. It’s fucking me. It’s fucking us.

BUT ONLY AT THE DIRECTION OF BILLIONAIRES

Class War

You can say that again.

Class warfare.

What is good for?

Tools are labour made solid. They’re built by workers, and used by other workers in order to be more productive. Unlike a worker, a tool can be owned, which is why the owner class will always prefer more of the “skill” in production come from tools and processes, even at the cost of some craft or quality. Because they get more control.

Anyway LLMs are like a knowledge tool in this case. A truly devastating weapon in the class war, assuming workers agree to adopt it and help improve it.

assuming workers agree to adopt it and help improve it.

Or forced by their employer by threat of homelessness

I meant collectively, not individually.

Obviously as a solitary worker you’re probably going to have a hard time standing up to your employer.

Ah I got you

it’s the people pushing it, demanding it, saying it will replace humans

I do hate these people but at least they self-identify as idiots.

Why? AI and technology in general absolutely replaces human labor. For me, the hate is that is coming extremely rapidly and there is little thought from anyone about what’s going to be next. A post scarcity society is inching ever closer, and individuals are just pissed about the system, governments can’t do anything, and the owners are figuring out how to monetize it all. Seems like we are cooked if we don’t all start working on ideas of what society looks like when very few need to actually ‘work’, or a larger portion of society cannot work. Because even without AI or technological advancements, the population is rapidly aging and simply will not be able to work.

Gen AI is not going to replace humans.

It already is, especially at the entry level, which is a massive problem. You went to college, have the education but don’t have the skills, and an AI bot can do essentially 80% of your work, with little of the cost. Think about all the people already putting websites, marketing, images together that otherwise you would need to pay someone for. No need to pay for them, even if they do a better job, because most of the time you aren’t looking for 100% when 80% will do. That’s the unfortunate reality that we all live in.

Technology has always replaced humans though. That’s ultimately the point. The problem becomes when there aren’t alternatives for humans to do but we still live in a capitalistic and consumeristic society.

I think everyone want’s their lives to be easier, but they also want to be able to eat, survive and thrive.