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by _DeadFred_ 38 days ago
Finally we can realize Harrison Bergeron levels in society and fill everything in our lives with content generated by the most average among us using an averaging machine.

I hate that creators are over represented in society because they, you know, create popular culture. Also, why does video entertainment need to be so over-represented by theater/public performer types who have a flare for drama? Doesn't seem right. Like just stop with the drama people (or is that drama, people?).

True liberation is upon us! All are now equal to our over-represented thinker/creator/commentator types. AI brings 'the golden age of equality' Harrison Bergeron has prophesized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgOuZzjI8o We have learned we don't need to hold people back like that story. Just destroy any trace of the extraordinary by flooding everything with the mediocre and filling everyone/everything with AI induced loss of meaning and malaise. Finally, no more creator types interjecting meaning/intention into our culture. Just auto-generated culture for us please! Get drama people out of our drama productions! Musicians out of our music! Artists out of our art! And most of all extraordinary out of all of it! Only average by the average! Finally we are reaching the ideal world of Harrison Bergeron!

Thank you techbros for realizing yet another once thought only a parable science fiction story into our reality. It's really great getting to live through all this. Super glad.