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by palmotea 86 days ago
> What consumer benefits is ai driving?

The intrinsic satisfaction of increasing the wealth of shareholders. We should all be happy to devote ourselves to getting them more, nothing is more important than that.

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Of all the possible criticisms that's the one you chose? If that's the worst of the problems you can see, why don't you buy some stock and became the shareholder. Per your own words, you will get more.
> Of all the possible criticisms that's the one you chose? If that's the worst of the problems you can see

The point is there is little benefit to these technologies to the consumer, especially in relation to likely harm in other areas (you lost your customer service job, but AI overview will answer your trivia question with slightly less effort). Note: little does not mean none.

So the farce is they benefit by religiously worshiping capitalist shareholders.

> why don't you buy some stock and became the shareholder. Per your own words, you will get more.

LOL. Don't you get it? The kind of smallholdings of shares available to regular people won't provide the kind of returns to mitigate any of these harms. They work as a ploy to trick dumb-ass workers into identifying with capitalist tycoons (e.g. opposing pro-worker things that'd get you a dollar more an hour in wages to get a penny more a quarter in dividends, it works because most don't do the math).

Yes, yes, workers of the world unite. It worked so great the last few times it was tried. You are very smart.
> Yes, yes, workers of the world unite. It worked so great the last few times it was tried. You are very smart.

No, I guess I wasn't smart enough to realize there are only two options: the present day status quo or Soviet central planning. Nothing else is possible.

Nothing.

Enjoy your pennies.