Technically it’s just lip service and nothing of the sort is ever going to happen any time soon, but it’s still nice to see people speaking up
Technically it’s just lip service and nothing of the sort is ever going to happen any time soon, but it’s still nice to see people speaking up
The snake doesn’t have any more of its own tail to eat, and the AI guys know it. There are no new innovations visible on the horizon. The tech has plateaued hard, is still largely useless compared to the amount of resources going in, and it will never ever generate a profit.
The BS concern-trolling “pause” was the simplest way to “flood the zone” and create a smoke screen. By kicking the can of inevitable consequences down the road, they’ve bought a little bit more time for these greedy little ghouls to stuff their golden parachutes.
To salt the wounds of anyone remotely paying attention, they get to fashion themselves as our smart, responsible, benevolent saviours. Which, if you can see what’s going on, it’s infuriating, because you definitely sound crazy trying to describe it to “normies”.
Speaking of, most people know nothing at all about how the tech even works and thinks it’s alive or magic or some shit - these types are enamoured by the romanticization of clankers as somehow particularly dangerous and mysterious, forbidden tools.
The “less wrong” darlings - a bunch of pseudointellectual Silicon Valley techbro groupies and worse - just got a fresh batch of fodder for the exact kind of smug useless faffy discourse they love jerking each other off with in their fetid little echo chambers. They have a big megaphone for some stupid reason, so they also end up being fluffers for the first group at the same time.
Business executives everywhere cream themselves yet again, because they’re simple, evil creatures who love getting rimjobs and handies from clankers all day and also can’t resist the idea of not having to deal with or perceive the working class.
And the media get to fill the airwaves with repackaged flavors of all the previous bullshit for the next few weeks to months!
All the while, a handful of toxic companies keep passing the same $100b check around while pretending it’s in all of their bank accounts.
This fraud is now a significant portion of the US economy. It’s going to be a hell of a show when the wheels finally come off.