ai Is Not About Technological Advancement

[Mr.Bee]

It's about eliminating workers.
You have a question at Google, you get ai.
You have a question at Amazon, you get ai.
You have an issue at Amazon, you have to go through ai jail
before they'll even give you a phone number to a representative.
And self driving cars? I would only trust those
if they ran on their own track like a train.
So, bottom line- ai is all about greed.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. That's like saying the Model T was about eliminating buggy whip workers so to hell with affordable cars.

Technological advancement does cause societal change and change in work forces.

[atreides1]

3. Okay

Then what happened to the buggy whip makers and the people who made the buggies that used those whips?


https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/ai-amazon-workforce-jassy.html


I guess it's easy to look at it your way, if you're not going to be affected by this monumental societal change...but those Amazon workers will become the first victims, but not the last!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. The problem is not tech but the unsustainable disparity in wealth and income

The buggy whip makers got other jobs. It is less clear what current displaced workers will get.

The best broad-based solution is to tax the 1% heavily and bring in guaranteed basic income and guaranteed health care. You can then eliminate unemployment payments and people don't get bankrupted by common health issues.

AI (not the current iteration, which is very limited and very buggy) will make society capable of great abundance. All should benefit, not just the rich. The rich got lucky in choice of parents and in opportunities provided by society. Plenty of people worked just as hard or harder than the rich but do not benefit, so the moralist arguments the cons use are a dead end. Where there is guaranteed basic income, people do not get more lazy, they get on with their lives and crime goes down. Win-win.

[hunter]

8. Automobiles were a vile invention too.

What are you trying to say?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Do you own a car? Have a drivers license? Travel in cars?

[thought crime]

13. Not because I want to !

[KT2000]

2. It is also about control

and manipulation. It is currently being used to replace humans and wear down anyone needing something to be straightened out such as Customer Support. It is being used to show people things that are not true and already so many are gullible enough to believe it. It is also used to discredit those who do believe what they see in AI videos. Unfortunately we will all get caught up in that.

It is being used to take away trust, truth, and belief. There will not be any truth - just profits and a fragmented people.

[usonian]

4. Assholes will always use technology for vile purposes.

Instead of flying cars (YMMV on the merits of that) and other fantastic boons to mankind, we got the filthy cesspools of hate, lies and violent threats called Facebook/Meta and Twitter/X. And there are lots of others.

It's the sick culture that elevates these sociopaths.

But that's another issue, and I could fill up all of DU's disk drives speaking to that.

[Renew Deal]

5. The truth is in the middle

AI is a technological advancement, which will result in the elimination of some career paths.

[anciano]

6. AI will continue to improve in its practical applications

as it evolves and will play an increasingly important role in our lives as we continue the transition into a futuristic cybernetic era. It will eventually become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives just like the internet has.

[Mr.Bee]

9. The Video

Every ai Supporter Should See:

[Johonny]

10. Ai will replace low level entry level jobs

Creating a talent vacuum later on for higher level upper level jobs.

And will impact heavily GenZ trying to get into the workforce (middle class workforce).

Will it improve things? Some tasks it does do well.

[Torchlight]

11. Internet, also.

And the printing press. Do we use these tools to create or to destroy? Well, both.

Greed causes more misery on the planet than all other causes combined. AI is simply one additional tool to expedite the greed, or to stall it... dependent on your usage.

[Mr.Bee]

14. ...and customer service

and help centers as mentioned...