My sister and I are both in our mid- to late sixties. Just yesterday she said, 'I think we had the best of times. No war and no trouble getting on the housing ladder'. I said I would have preferred it if I had had to try harder. (Christ, there no pleasing some people!)
My view is basically the same as Bo's, namely, that when humans have things too easy they often ask the question, 'What's the meaning of life?', a question you rarely ask yourself when being chased by a lion. Once you've solved the problem of survival you have to thrash about for something worth doing with your time. Shall I download another ten songs? Read another book? Go to evening classes, which are now day classes, and take 'Pottery for Beginners'? Nah, I think I'll go back to bed.
Too much drama. If everyone is replaced, where will wealth come from? We already have too much fiat money. These predictions would result in all money being fiat. How would this fiat money be distributed to the masses? Would everyone get the same amount?
This is untenable. As I have said before, AI is vastly overrated.
In any case, I'm certainly glad you're pointing out the total incoherence of the conservative response on this topic. Far as I can tell the real mental block here is acknowledging that the rational soul isn't really the unique privilege of humans (or that we're not necessarily the apex of evolution/creation more generally.) One of the drawbacks to religion, I think.
I guess I'd like to see the second video, but I don't really see how mass unemployment is a red herring if AI (or AGI?) is capable of doing everything humans can, better. There's nowhere to upskill to.
The issues raised in that article are real, but the impact of AI should not be discounted. In Part 2 of my video, I will go into more detail about why people (especially conservatives) should care.
I don't discount AI. But Modad's points are immediate while (the impact of) AI will, in the slightly longer term, soften up the middle- and upper classes for even more technocracy (and the mutualization of EU debt) ie for the (attempt at) continuation of what exists today.
Simply to remain employed and have at least some status vs having to physically live amongst, and have their children schooled in the same schools as, the two segments of society they're so concerned with. One they abhor - the white working class - and the other they adore (literally from a distance) - (mostly Muslim) immigrants.
My sister and I are both in our mid- to late sixties. Just yesterday she said, 'I think we had the best of times. No war and no trouble getting on the housing ladder'. I said I would have preferred it if I had had to try harder. (Christ, there no pleasing some people!)
My view is basically the same as Bo's, namely, that when humans have things too easy they often ask the question, 'What's the meaning of life?', a question you rarely ask yourself when being chased by a lion. Once you've solved the problem of survival you have to thrash about for something worth doing with your time. Shall I download another ten songs? Read another book? Go to evening classes, which are now day classes, and take 'Pottery for Beginners'? Nah, I think I'll go back to bed.
Here's a possible answer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U0C9HKW
Maybe I should run it through ChatGPT or Anthropic for criticism? Which would be better?
Outstanding. Thank you Noah.
This is a great blog on AI skepticism: https://pivot-to-ai.com
I learned lots of things from it that I didn't know until now.
It would be extremely funny if you told us at the end that the narration was done by AI.
Too much drama. If everyone is replaced, where will wealth come from? We already have too much fiat money. These predictions would result in all money being fiat. How would this fiat money be distributed to the masses? Would everyone get the same amount?
This is untenable. As I have said before, AI is vastly overrated.
Those points are addressed in the final part of the video.
—NC
In any case, I'm certainly glad you're pointing out the total incoherence of the conservative response on this topic. Far as I can tell the real mental block here is acknowledging that the rational soul isn't really the unique privilege of humans (or that we're not necessarily the apex of evolution/creation more generally.) One of the drawbacks to religion, I think.
I guess I'd like to see the second video, but I don't really see how mass unemployment is a red herring if AI (or AGI?) is capable of doing everything humans can, better. There's nowhere to upskill to.
Just fyi, Part 2 might not be published for a couple of weeks, as we have some other content we want to get out.
—NC
Compared to what is articulated below AI is cat's p*** - as we say in the NL. And, being European, i believe he's right on all points.
Decade of sorrows
Europe heads towards tragic collapse.
Firas Modad
https://www.modadgeopolitics.com/p/decade-of-sorrows?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1500878&post_id=175777079&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=6mos7&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
The issues raised in that article are real, but the impact of AI should not be discounted. In Part 2 of my video, I will go into more detail about why people (especially conservatives) should care.
—NC
I don't discount AI. But Modad's points are immediate while (the impact of) AI will, in the slightly longer term, soften up the middle- and upper classes for even more technocracy (and the mutualization of EU debt) ie for the (attempt at) continuation of what exists today.
Simply to remain employed and have at least some status vs having to physically live amongst, and have their children schooled in the same schools as, the two segments of society they're so concerned with. One they abhor - the white working class - and the other they adore (literally from a distance) - (mostly Muslim) immigrants.