See this is the shit. I never would either. But I’m also against AI. Not on principle, but just based on the state of the world, tech companies, capitalism, complete disregard for human dignity, etc.
But it’s interesting because pushing back against AI or this stupid shit, people scream “anti progress!” and nonsense like that. Hey, I’m all for machines that could end human labor. But…that’s not where we’re going. Not any of the available information should lead anyone to believe that AI will do anything but help the rich become richer, spur on productivity while relegating humans to menial maintenance work. We aren’t moving toward UBI and life of leisure and art. We’re barreling toward dystopian cyberpunk hellscape.
How can anyone think implants will do anything or serve anyone except advertisers and data collection companies? Have we gotten smarter since we had access to all data in our pockets? No. We’ve gotten dumber and meaner and angrier and more depressed and disillusioned than ever. But…we’re pressing that pedal all the way to the floor, huh? Quadrupling down on this fucked up life to further alienate ourselves from everyone else and beam shitty memes and angry Twitter screeds directly into our brains. Nah. Thanks.
Call me when you’ve toppled capitalism. Then I’ll be down for helpful workhorse AI and…well, I still probably wouldn’t put a chip in my brain. But either way, this isn’t anti-progress. This is pragmatic realism and pessimism about furthering tech douches’ visions for humanity.
Oh, and the planet is still fixing to cook us alive. Can we…figure that out first? That’d be greeeat.