yogthos comments on 'Godfather of AI' says the technology will create massive unemployment and send profits soaring

Technology

43,581 readers

2,070 active

223 users here now

This is the official technology community of Lemmy.ml for all news related to creation and use of technology, and to facilitate civil, meaningful discussion around it.

Ask in DM before posting product reviews or ads. All such posts otherwise are subject to removal.

Rules:

1: All Lemmy rules apply

2: Do not post low effort posts

3: NEVER post naziped*gore stuff

4: Always post article URLs or their archived version URLs as sources, NOT screenshots. Help the blind users.

5: personal rants of Big Tech CEOs like Elon Musk are unwelcome (does not include posts about their companies affecting wide range of people)

6: no advertisement posts unless verified as legitimate and non-exploitative/non-consumerist

7: crypto related posts, unless essential, are disallowed

founded 7 years ago

moderators

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's kind of missing the point. It's not about AGI, but the question of how any automation is applied under capitalist relations. In a sane society, more automation would mean more free time for the people to enjoy their lives. However, capitalism requires people to work for the sake of working, and thus automation becomes something to be feared as opposed to celebrated.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Yes we’ve known this about capitalism and automation for centuries. My point (that you’re ignoring) is that LLMs will not give us any kind of automation worthy of discussion in that context.

Except perhaps for shitty SEO recipe website automation.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 1 year ago

Your point is intellectually dishonest. There are plenty of things LLMs effectively automate. These things excel at tasks like translations, transcriptions, and data analysis to give a few examples. The fact that there's currently a bubble where people are trying to use LLMs for all kinds of silly things doesn't mean there aren't actual applications for these things. It's the same story with the dotCom bubble that produced a bunch of noise along with real useful technology that underpins the internet today.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent