Comment by uludag
5 days ago
Cynicism and denial are two very different things, and have very different causes and justifications. I personally don't deny that LLMs are very powerful and are capable and capable of eliminating many jobs. At the same time I'm very cynical about the rollout and push for AI. I don't see in any way as a push for a "better" society or towards some notion of progress, but rather an enthusiastic effort to disempower employees, centralize power, expand surveillance, increase profits, etc.
AI is kerosene. A useful resource when applied with reason and compassion. Late stage capitalism is a dumpster full of garbage. AI in combination with late stage capitalism is a dumpster fire. Many, perhaps most people conflate the dumpster fire with "kerosine evil!"
Can be, but why not take them at their word? The people building these systems are directly stating the goal is to replace people. Should anyone blame people for being mad at not just the people building the systems, but the systems themselves?
> AI in combination with late stage capitalism
What's the alternative here?