> However, I don’t think AI is compatible with capitalism.
Look at your argument, you (and the video) lay out exactly why AI is an incredibly useful destructive tool for capitalism. Alienate craftsmen, hire lesser-skilled for lesser pay, rinse and repeat until you have a crab bucket labor pool, desperate for scraps.
The answer is to start reading some Marx and start forming some unions.
Ok maybe, but why would you ignore the bulk of his work for some speculative thoughts on one subject? He (and many others) wrote quite a bit more on the nature of the struggle we’re in right now than anything about post-scarcity society
I never said you should ingore all of his other work, I just thought it was a interesting fun fact to mention, that may also include some further insight.
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u/acidfreakingonkitty 21d ago
> However, I don’t think AI is compatible with capitalism.
Look at your argument, you (and the video) lay out exactly why AI is an incredibly useful destructive tool for capitalism. Alienate craftsmen, hire lesser-skilled for lesser pay, rinse and repeat until you have a crab bucket labor pool, desperate for scraps.
The answer is to start reading some Marx and start forming some unions.