Exactly. The system is set up so that people work for barely enough to survive. Introducing better tools doesn't give labor more free time, it gives their bosses more money. We've seen this with every technology since the cotton gin now: that's why no one imagines that AI will give people more time with their families.
AI is meant to automate the boring stuff so we can make art and write stories. Instead, it's been used to make art and write stories so all we're left with is the boring stuff
The future will not be a utopia. I'm thinking more cyberpunk with less technology. A lot of extremely poor people and a few megacorps.
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Its crazy to me that no one is saying "if rhe AI is doing all the jobs maybe we can spend more time with the family and children we supposedly love." | Spyke
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No technology has ever resulted in lighter workloads for the average person. Different, and sometimes less strenuous, but never less time consuming.
So you really want to unpack that?
Labor competition prevents productivity gains from generating excess labor in capitalist systems.
Then supply and demand must follow.
Can I just cut you off at the pass and say its a myth that you can work your way out of poverty. The system isn't set up like that.
Exactly. The system is set up so that people work for barely enough to survive. Introducing better tools doesn't give labor more free time, it gives their bosses more money. We've seen this with every technology since the cotton gin now: that's why no one imagines that AI will give people more time with their families.
Demand for human labor lowers. So they hire fewer people and capture the savings themselves.
It's never about spending more time with the family. It's all about paying less for labor.
AI is meant to automate the boring stuff so we can make art and write stories. Instead, it's been used to make art and write stories so all we're left with is the boring stuff
Isn't ai art boring and ai stories insufferable?
The ruling class doesn't care.
If the AI is doing all the jobs we don't need a large young workforce and thus there is no underpopulation crisis
Why would "they" (the CEOs, tech bros, owners) be saying that?
They own the means of production. They seek to profit from it entirely. They fight tooth and nail to not be taxed for anything whatsoever. In what universe would they "give" us anything? If our current system demands 80 hours of work/week to afford to live a normal life then the world of AI will still demand that 80 hours of work/week, but now with new and improved Less Jobs!™©®
The future will not be a utopia. I'm thinking more cyberpunk with less technology. A lot of extremely poor people and a few megacorps.