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by nixcraft 1107 days ago
The "Statement on AI Risk" by Sam Altman and wealthy individuals fails to address the potential impact of AI on job security. Rather, it focuses on concerns regarding war and human extinction. Despite my attempts to raise awareness about the issue, I have received negative feedback. It's important to consider how the everyday struggles of families may affect their ability to purchase products and services such as phones, streaming, gaming, and others when AI takes away their white-collar jobs. Maybe there will be war because there are no jobs while rich folks are getting rich. I hope I remain wrong.
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JohnFen 1107 days ago
> The "Statement on AI Risk" by Sam Altman and wealthy individuals fails to address the potential impact of AI on job security.

I think that was very intentional. Put the focus on scary-sounding things that aren't actually an imminent risk in order to distract from those things that are.

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smcin 1105 days ago
Think 'Terminator' rather than 'Repo Man'. And definitely not 'Judge Dredd'.
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delfinom 1107 days ago
Because wealthy individuals live in a bubble.

They also don't fail to realize when you ultimately drive 80% unemployment due to AI replacing everyone's job. That war is going to be internal and it's going to look like the French revolution.

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sgt101 1107 days ago
Possibly more like the colour revolution in Egypt.

80% unemployment managed with machine guns and state control of all information sources.

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rootusrootus 1107 days ago
Egypt has about 4 guns for every 100 people. The US has about 120. I think it would play out differently here.
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swexbe 1107 days ago
Uh huh, your glock won't do much against the AI drones.
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sgt101 1106 days ago
It depends on where they are pointed.
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caeril 1107 days ago
It will only look like the French Revolution up until the point where fully-autonomous battalions churned out by fully-autonomous factories fed raw materials by fully-autonomous mining and transportation operations make the owners of AI untouchable.

There comes a point at which the plebs can't do anything about their fate.

But that's why we have TikTok, Instagram, Netflix, cheap Corn Syrup, and Porn. You keep the plebs hedonistically satisfied while you slowly consolidate your power and protect it with an autonomous army. THEN you pull the plug.

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