[orochimaaru]

>>>> In a world where you import all your digital services from the United States, you have no leverage over the United States

It's a bit deeper than that. If AI becomes as ubiquitous as imagined, which it seems it will, it's not just a "digital service". It's a primary utility - like electricity, water or highways. Because without it your productivity will plummet. We aren't there yet - we will be there in a few years.

[bruki]

Comparing AI to resources it highly depends on is a bit far fetched.

[Insanity]

Only somewhat. I’d argue the internet could be considered a basic utility to function in the modern world, yet that just builds on electricity.

[thfuran]

Those are all mutually dependent. Turn off the electric grid and close all the roads and see how long municipal water supplies last.

[Kye]

What resource isn't interdependent with at least one other resource?

[bruki]

Water depends on AI?

[chadgpt3]

Yes. The water department uses it for planning and budgeting now.

[throaway198234]

Not really. Unless those resources are going to disappear?

[delusional]

> Because without it your productivity will plummet.

Why would it plummet?

Surely we could just keep doing what we've been doing for the past 50 years. That doesn't go away because AI. The promise of AI is a productivity increase after implementing it. It doesn't change the productivity of not implementing it.

[Mallory_Ringess]

It would plummet relative to those using 'AI', not in absolute terms. That in turn would impact your employability compared to those who do use it.

[sometimelurker]

skill atrophy. also AI is actually helpful sometimes, by a very large degree.