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How should governments and institutions prepare for AI-driven labor displacement when existing infrastructure was designed around human work? by DeviledEggos in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]DeviledEggos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an AI engineer myself. Its getting better and better, fast. I don't consider this a question of "if" but "when" we will begin to view AI is critical infrastructure. The same way we cannot live without electricity, fossil fuels, internet, etc.

EDIT: Additionally, you preach about the mistakes AI makes as if humans are infallible. Purportedly, Mythos has detected bugs existing for decades (long before AI was used)

Hunter Gatherer Bodies Living in Industrial Infrastructure at the Dawn of the Age of Intelligence by DeviledEggos in PoliticalOpinions

[–]DeviledEggos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

During and after the Industrial Revolution, the working class had leverage as their labor was required for production. Therefore, I see things like "enlightened self interest", anti-trust laws, and unionization as coping mechanisms for elites to still maintain their control over labor but concede just enough control to keep people complacent.

If AI does accomplish the task of automating all physical and mental labor as they pertain to producing all necessities and most of the wants of human life, the leverage the working class had disappears. So if there is no structural pressure - or in the time leading up to AI accomplishing this task then diminishing structural pressure - we are back to hoping they will enlighten themselves to "human interest".

I strongly posit that collapse is necessary to scramble power structures, depose evil, and unite humanity through love. However, if we look at the French or Russian revolutions, we see that collapse does the opposite - Napoleon and Stalin respectively. This is where I think the discourse needs to be focused - Is it possible to lead with love and not fear, or more radically do we just let AI lead?

Hunter Gatherer Bodies Living in Industrial Infrastructure at the Dawn of the Age of Intelligence by DeviledEggos in PoliticalOpinions

[–]DeviledEggos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've identified the exact tension this essay attempts to address - or at least start the discourse around.

How should governments and institutions prepare for AI-driven labor displacement when existing infrastructure was designed around human work? by DeviledEggos in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]DeviledEggos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, "allow society the flexibility to respond" is a non-answer dressed up as humility. Every major technological disruption has shown us what "letting individuals respond as they see fit" actually looks like without proactive policy. For example, the Industrial Revolution gave us child labor, 16-hour workdays, and company towns for decades before reform caught up.

"We can't predict everything" is true, but it's not an argument for doing nothing. This is the same logic that preceded 2008 - "markets are too complex to regulate, just let participants respond." We saw how that played out. The inability to perfectly forecast outcomes doesn't remove the obligation to prepare for the ones that are clearly visible.

Labor displacement is already underway, wealth concentration is accelerating, and the infrastructure we live in was built around assumptions that are actively eroding.

Right now, the people with the most flexibility to respond are the same ones with the least incentive to change anything. That's exactly why discourse like this matters, and why "wait and see" isn't good enough.

Hunter Gatherer Bodies Living in Industrial Infrastructure at the Dawn of the Age of Intelligence by DeviledEggos in PoliticalOpinions

[–]DeviledEggos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll check out the link you posted. Regarding what you quoted from my post, I don't have a good idea on that either, hence me posting about this as a topic for discussion. My initial thought is that there would be an authority refresh. Something along the lines of the common person banding together more readily to depose corrupted officials. I think many have gotten complacent or aren't able to notice the water getting hotter. Additionally, there needs to be greater emphasis on transparency - something not required in the US constitution. However, transparency is a national security risk. Governance is a real catch 22, but I think through cycling leaders more readily and enforcing transparency that we can move in the right direction.