Fuck AI

Sure, why not?

Because it is relevant:

Unemployed individuals are roughly 60% to 87% more likely to die by suicide compared to employed peers, with some studies estimating that up to 1 in 10 global suicides are directly attributable to labor underutilization (job loss or underemployment).

A study using data from 175 countries between 1991 and 2017 showed that for every 1% increase in unemployment, there was a 2–3% increase in suicide rates in those aged 30–59 years, suggesting that if such an increase in unemployment could be prevented then so would the corresponding increase in suicides.

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.

It will only be a problem for the countries with no social safety net and no collectivist culture. So RIP America.

Yes. And let it come. When legislation fails, this is what comes next. The world needs a proper reset for the oligarchy.

eventually it will, it will take a long time for the usa because they are still too content.

All the people need is bread and circuses

This is a perfect example of why our whole global economic system is so backwards. When you think about it for more than 2 seconds, an unemployment crisis makes no sense, if we have more laborers than we have jobs, that means all the work is getting done, that should be a good thing. But instead we've tied individual worth to our capacity to create value for shareholders.

I am all for the rule of law and a civil peaceful society working for the common good. Big believer in social democracy as the best compromise we have found so far. But the truth is it's been gutted and attacked. Democracy is under assault. Our society is under assault and being divided and conquered.

AI in this context really just a proxy for the worst abuses of capitalism. It's stealing the fruits of human labour for the benefit of the few and trying to wind back the pay and conditions we have fought to enjoy. The LLMs themselves are a neutral thing and the change they bring is real and difficult but not the end of the world. People do need to wake the fuck up though. The irregularities of AI financing are possibly going to bring about a massive financial crash that will wipe out a lot of people's savings, crash the economy and create huge hardship. This time we need to insist on justice and consequences and we need the victims to be protected, not the criminals.

I'm not sure.

In the past, mass unemployment and poverty and hunger caused violence because young parents had to watch their children suffer. Today, young people aren't having kids, and by the time some of them do have kids they're getting too old for explosions of violence.

I expect suicides, isolated mass shootings, and overdoses - the same stuff we've been having.

A significant loss of a vital basic need, such as food or water, and if these are not addressed, it's not impossible to witness mass looting or more highway robberies.

There's a conflict index which predicts conflicts based on whether the population is able to feed, house themselves, find a spouse (think cultures with multiple wives) or find a job. In short, civil war is 3 missed meals away. This is espacially dangerous with this new generation not being able to provide for children. Nothing to lose.

That would assume that AI is truly capable of making a lot of jobs obsolete... but from my current perspective, that premise is nothing more than a marketing gimmick used by AI companies.

I would be very interested in any real studies of job losses due to AI. I believe much of it is a hoax. Companies just use this in their PR communication as the "reason" to let go people. The real deal might be more that there are many companies which want to cut costs as departments always tend to grow but couldn't fire anybody due to good labor laws - I am excluding explicitly the US here. The AI reason is still accepted as it is relatively new. As soon as regulations step up, and transparency increases it might become public that companies are lying about the let go reasons...just my thoughts here. Have as said not really seen any study around this.

Butlerian Jihad? I'm skeptical.

The "technology" to mentally manipulate and control populations improves as well. PR, advertisment, propaganda, whatever you wanna call it, is getting stronger and stronger. Social media has trained people to act in very predictable patters that are easily exploited.

That is what history shows tends to happen.

Yes.

Because if there’s no other option available, that’s what’s going to happen. When they can’t afford the lovely little distractions anymore they will grab a fucking brick.

I am willing and able. But I won't be one of the first, I dont want to die alone like a fool x)

If ICE agents storming our streets didn't prompt resistance, then no.

The reality is the USA population doesn't have the capacity to fight back. People are struggling to survive day-to-day, and most don't own a home. They definitely don't run farms to grow their own food; as families did during the peasant revolutions and the American Revolution. Factor in the individualist nature of the USA after years of divisive propaganda and social media addiction. I mean, people can't even initiate dates without going to an app; What makes us think folks will unite together for illegal riots?

Factor in the surveillance networks; the spyware... I just don't think it's feasible. Now, lone-wolf attacks a la Mangione, the killing of Kirk, warehouse burnings, attempted assassinations... THAT has been shown to work. As for how many more we have willing to sacrifice their security to chip away at the corruption in this country, only time will tell.

Remember:

At any given point, society is only three days worth of food away from complete anarchy.

Edit: correction: the actual quote is:

Every society is three meals away from chaos

No. The docile sheep will make sounds but ultimately still tolerate being herded...

Not in the US. The masses will just keep rallying behind billionaires, believing the wolf will help them.

I sure hope so.

Yep. The only reason it doesn't happen is because people have to go to work on Monday. Remember when people finally had time to protest during COVID?
And now the situation is exponentially worse!