[kamaal]

>>I think it can actually do all those things reasonably well.

I don't you get it. Or even AI gets it.

Having pet slaves is a very different feeling. It is not about getting work done. It is about the feeling of power, control. To both create and destroy.

GPT won't be a problem for the same reason why programming itself never automated programmers out of jobs. The current state of programming is already good enough to put nearly all of programming people out of work. It hasn't because people like to rule over pyramid structures. That won't change with GPT.

[dougmwne]

This is actually an excellent point. Also why I think we will eventually all be back in the open office, even though I enjoy working in my pajamas.

[sinity]

Possibly. See https://thezvi.substack.com/p/escape-velocity-from-bullshit-...

The scariest thing is that there are people who advocate for it. Because humans are dangerous, I guess, so it's better to preemptively enslave them.

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> Social control in the sense of not wanting lots of unemployed and restless youths. Having a system where long term and steady work is required in order to "live a good life" implies control - you have to act right and follow the rules in order to keep a job, which is itself necessary in order to have enough food and other necessities.

> Those making this argument here I believe are also making an argument for an alternative where the productivity of society is more equally spread, without the need to make everyone work for it.

> I agree that it's a system of social control, but I don't think it's nefarious or bad. We really don't want to live in a society where 25-year-old men don't have meaningful work to do and roam the streets getting into trouble.

The argument also doesn't _really_ make sense - there's already socially accepted system of 'social control' which _directly_ keeps people following the rules. The law.

Also unclear why lack of work would cause young people to "roam the streets" instead of staying home and roaming the internets. As they're already increasingly doing in free time.

[nottathrowaway3]

Unless the decision-maker is short or otherwise unattractive. For some managers' egos, fully remote work was the best thing to happen to them.

If RTO happens, such people will go back to constantly getting mogged by their subordinates again.

[nasmorn]

Ugly short boss will from now on be my proxy for stable WFH situation