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Addiction to money is causing 95% of our problems, and I don’t just mean Zuckerberg and the other billionaires. Anyone who throws a coworker under the bus to avoid taking blame, pressures a subordinate to work an extra hour to meet a deadline, or otherwise prioritizes “work” over the mental health of those around them contributes to this dumpster fire of a society we’ve built.
We all point the finger at the top, but I think the problem is much more widespread than that.
In this case: why tf aren’t the workers refusing to build Zuck’s AI? Addiction to money.
Have you heard of the “permanent underclass”? It’s a concept that silicon valley people have become obsessed with. Silicon Valley tech workers are doing hard drugs and taking untested peptides so that they can work harder and longer all in the pursuit of escaping the permanent underclass they believe AI will create. These people believe that when AI takes all the jobs, everyone who isn’t already rich will become part of some permanently unemployable poverty class.
It’s madness, but you already have to be unwell and have no concern for humanity in order to work at these giga tech firms in the first place.
Interesting. No, I hadn’t heard about that… but I do think it’s likely to happen. I think there will come a time, within the next 20 years, where you’re either dirt poor (financially) or you’re a human-AI hybrid.
Personally, I’m preparing for life as a farmer/forager, because I have no interest in merging with AI and I know there are more important things in life than money.
I don’t believe that will ever come to pass. That future relies on the creation of a real AI and not just fancy text predictors. That real AI would also have to be actually sustainable which LLMs are not.
Not only has there been no progress on real AI, it wouldn’t be able to ruin society even if we did manage to make it. The rich and powerful are not impervious. They will inevitably make too many people too poor and then be overrun and torn to shreds. It’s happened countless times before and if we’ve learned anything from Ukraine and the Middle East this past decade, it’s impossible to bomb a large group of people into submission.
You’re right about this, they are making a lot of money, you can’t argue they’re just doing it to eat.
I am not sure if u have read unabomber's manifesto "Industrial society and it's future" but he basically calls this money addiction and such just fulfilment for power process, I can't really type all of the things he says here but I would recommend reading his paper, also take in consideration that it's just one of the options and there are different kinds of addictions with different reasons but I think you are talking about specifically one Unabomber is explaining, just my guess tho
Sorry I was with you, but I take issue with the work an extra hour to meet a deadline. I did that just this week even.
We have a deadline, we had time for us allto get it done, but one member was doing things his own pace. That's okay, but he needs it done by this date. I start checking in more and more regularly, he says it's fine and he'll get it done. Well it is Friday and it's due Monday, and he says that he guessed it was harder than it was, and he didn't have crucial component done. To which I said I'm sorry to do this, but it's due Monday, let me know how I can help but sounds like you'll need to work over the weekend.
I'm huge on work life balance, but if you're slacking at work and dragging down everyone else, damn right I'll ask you to work late. I'm not a manager so I can't do reviews, but as a lead it is my job to make sure things get done on time, and if I don't push one person, the the whole team is at risk when layoff season comes around