You’re definitely right, EU regulations are always much, much better. But look at every tech advancement. The internet is the most readily comparable advancement, yes there is a time where things look bright and like advancement will help us all, but every single technological advancement since the Industrial Revolution has burdened us more: less is never expected of us, it’s always double because of the advancement. We never find more time because of groundbreaking tech. We’re expected to utilize the tech to advance capitalism.
Capitalism is always the end goal. Even in the EU, governments acts as a sort of guardrail, but the drive of humanity isn’t ever diverted from keeping markets rising. They would wipe us all off the face of the earth before they did anything big that wasn’t utilized to advance markets and streamline productivity and expect more.
I just don’t have any faith that tech will ever set us free. AI, I cannot imagine, will be any different. I wish I had your optimism. But I just find no basis in reality for it.
Edit: and I’ve diverted from my original point, but the fact that they’re going after art first seems incredibly troubling. It’s just a sign of what’s to come, in my eyes. How can we expect them to eliminate work and keep us fed if the first major advancements that seem to be on a runaway train are creative writing and art? And now acting? That’s such a sad statement on the state of humanity.
You’re definitely right about the EU having stronger regulations by comparison, but the problem is curbed a little, it’s not gone. There is consideration for people over there, but people still are an afterthought after capitalism is firmly on its course. It’s always people being protected after we realize something is wrong (and it’s never fully protected, because the businesses concerned still have a huge say in the matter). Our entire society is upside down, we live to serve capitalism, capitalism is no longer serving us. And the next advancement will serve industry before it is curbed to protect us from it. And again,if you can imagine a world in which people are allowed to live without contributing to capitalism with our time (even in the EU), I just don’t see how you can be so optimistic when nothing about the world in 2023 seems to warrant it.
You’re definitely right, EU regulations are always much, much better. But look at every tech advancement. The internet is the most readily comparable advancement, yes there is a time where things look bright and like advancement will help us all, but every single technological advancement since the Industrial Revolution has burdened us more: less is never expected of us, it’s always double because of the advancement. We never find more time because of groundbreaking tech. We’re expected to utilize the tech to advance capitalism.
Capitalism is always the end goal. Even in the EU, governments acts as a sort of guardrail, but the drive of humanity isn’t ever diverted from keeping markets rising. They would wipe us all off the face of the earth before they did anything big that wasn’t utilized to advance markets and streamline productivity and expect more.
I just don’t have any faith that tech will ever set us free. AI, I cannot imagine, will be any different. I wish I had your optimism. But I just find no basis in reality for it.
Edit: and I’ve diverted from my original point, but the fact that they’re going after art first seems incredibly troubling. It’s just a sign of what’s to come, in my eyes. How can we expect them to eliminate work and keep us fed if the first major advancements that seem to be on a runaway train are creative writing and art? And now acting? That’s such a sad statement on the state of humanity.
You’re definitely right about the EU having stronger regulations by comparison, but the problem is curbed a little, it’s not gone. There is consideration for people over there, but people still are an afterthought after capitalism is firmly on its course. It’s always people being protected after we realize something is wrong (and it’s never fully protected, because the businesses concerned still have a huge say in the matter). Our entire society is upside down, we live to serve capitalism, capitalism is no longer serving us. And the next advancement will serve industry before it is curbed to protect us from it. And again,if you can imagine a world in which people are allowed to live without contributing to capitalism with our time (even in the EU), I just don’t see how you can be so optimistic when nothing about the world in 2023 seems to warrant it.