[AnimalMuppet]

If a bunch of people riot in the streets, most major platforms will cover the event. Not the statements of the participants, but the event itself, with some (perhaps distorted) mention of why they are rioting.

More generally, sure I can express this anger. I can say "People hate AI" or even "I hate AI". Watch this post not get censored.

I can say that people are afraid. I can say that they are afraid of losing their jobs, and their middle-class life, and their hope of a better future. And I can say that if it starts to happen (not just to 100,000 tech workers, but to 100,000,000 middle class workers of every stripe), then there's going to be real anger and real, physical expressions of that anger.

[mannanj]

Can you say, what happened the last time we had major technological revolutions of the sort of AI? And I say "like" because it's the closest observed approximation we have to describe what could be happening now. I think we saw instead of global leadership change or helping of the people affected, leadership instead resorted to alpha-chimp style tactics of creating enemies and accelerating war.

These wars are documented in history. Perhaps the story around them has been changed or morphed by the victors. They are WW1, WW2, and probably other global wars through human history can be looked at from this lens of tricking the majority of people. I see this as being a viable perspective as throughout history most people have been too busy struggling: insufficient food and diet, they are sick, struggling or otherwise weak and unable to understand the bigger picture of whats happening in the leadership structure around them. Most people are thus conditioned to be weak gullible and naive unable to tell they are being tricked as a way to avoid accountability.

[ryandrake]

> If a bunch of people riot in the streets, most major platforms will cover the event. Not the statements of the participants, but the event itself, with some (perhaps distorted) mention of why they are rioting.

Reminds me of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Media: “they’re protesting, but gosh if we could only figure out why!” Protestors: “We’re protesting for economic justice and against inequality!” Media: “Huh… did you hear anything? I didn’t! We still have no idea what they’re protesting against, but they’re really mad looking!” Protestors: “We are against billionaires.” Media: “Well, I guess we’ll never know what they are so upset about!”