analysts, consultants, lawyers, academics, managers. In these jobs, provided AI is being rolled out to augment workers rather than replace them, it can feel like a copilot. It can support human judgment, speed up routine tasks and create space for more creative thinking.
Oof, no.
Nobody wants to hire that lawyer that makes dumber decisions because they use AI. Same for all other jobs. I hired you because you’re a human.
Multiple things can be true at once. I will not forget ANY of the myriad facets of evil threats posed by AI, I will stack them in building the lead weight I tether it to to drown it in the metaphorical river. Ideally a river of shit and piss.
First we are ‘replaced’ (fired for quarterly profits) then we are told we’re ‘allowed’ (forced) to come back but under ‘new management’ (AI control and surveillance).
Westworld was just getting into our AI overlords and it got canceled. Man I miss that show. I personally feel the last 2 seasons were the best.
I still can’t believe that all they needed was one more season to bring it all home, and stupid fucking HBO canceled it. I’m still angry whenever I remember it.
This is definitely it’s primar use for capitalist profits. The productivity gains are definitely being sold this way in connection with the growing fascism. Capital would still be seeking this if we had a Liberal in the white house, don’t get me wrong, but with this current admin essentially a guarantee of modern slavery.
However, the this is not the main use of AI currently or it’s short term objectives. That, is in weapons and warfare. Gaza was just the beginning. AI’s most useful ability is the equivalent of why the Nazis changed from firing squads to gas chambers. Efficiency in killing, yes, but also being able to completely disconnect the Nazis soldiers from any feelings of empathy or remorse. Now, we have an “intelligent” feelingless commander that allows even the highest ranking military officials to offload their moral judgements to these “98%” match results for targets they are told are dangerous. And of course we gotta carpet bomb the entire building they are in. And 2nd and 3rd strike when people come to help.
It’s not about getting the “bad guys” though. It’s just a really good way to convince your grunts to kill as many people as they can as quickly as possible.
Lies of technology are being used for mass murder methods. This is the far more concerning and pressing matter our world is facing. We MUST focus on both of these things together. What we are seeing with AI in the workplace or with ICE is just Imperialism coming back home. We cannot fight one and not the other. Because if we don’t; they WILL use the warfare methods to stop any domestic groups that resist their enslavement.
Boss can’t surveil me if I can’t get a job, so…
