Kinda like people focusing on petty crime and ignoring the fact that corporations steal billions from us.

We as a society give capitalism such a blanket pass, that we don’t even consider what it actually is.

Hot take: what most people call AI (large language and diffusion models) is, in fact, part of peak capitalism:

• relies on ill gotten gains (training data obtained without permission, payment or licensing)
• aims to remove human workers from the workforce within a system that (for many) requires them to work because capitalism has removed the bulk of social safety netting
• currently has no real route to profit at any reasonable price point
• speculative at best
• reinforces the concentration of power amongst a few tech firms
• will likely also result in regulatory capture with the large firms getting legislation passed that only they can provide “AI” safely

I could go on but hopefully that’s adequate as a PoV.

“AI” is just one of cherries on top of late stage capitalism that embodies the worst of all it.

So I don’t disagree - but felt compelled to share.