Why Are We Pretending AI Is Going to Take All the Jobs?
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technofeudalismAI isn't destroying any job. This narrative is a political choice backed by a propaganda campaign.
There is in fact a common habit of powerful monopolists choosing to point out a supposedly neutral larger-than-life force, such as ‘technology’ or ‘the future’ or ‘disruption’ or ‘globalization’ to argue that they are not responsible for the anti-social policies enabling their market power. For instance, in 2013, there were a lot of complaints about Amazon avoiding sales taxes and engaging in predatory behavior around book pricing. How did Jeff Bezos answer this charge? “Amazon is not happening to book selling,” he said, “the future is happening to book selling.” I see a lot of similarities between that political language and the AI discourse.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/why-are-we-pretending-ai-is-going
