Comment by fwlr
2 hours ago
It is becoming exceedingly difficult to ignore that the benefits of AI accrue disproportionately to those most deficient of scruples, while its costs and harms fall upon the selfless and pleasant like laser-guided virtue-seeking munitions.
I do not particularly care to debate a theory of why it is so, nor press a charge of malice or intent; mere observation suffices to convince me that this shit is corrosive to the better nature of humanity.
It's the Walmart Effect at internet speeds.
One of the largest group of people which benefit from AI are programmers.
Do you think they also are mostly deficient of scruples?
I don't know if that's true, for most programmers AI has either led a lost job, a more boring job, or maybe an easier job but without any gains in pay or reduction in hours.
Given the number of people who work at Facebook, yes, many of us are.
Obviously those that benefit from AI have no ethics and morals. You can see it daily here.
Only a minority of programmers are benefiting from LLMs, so I think the theory holds. Most programmers are either refusing to use it, or being forced to use it and miserable as a result.