• sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pubOP
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    2 days ago

    In retrospect, that’s going to be a horrifying indictment of early 21st century capitalist society - that AI failed not because of the terrifying human and environmental cost, not because we respected our fellow human beings as workers and creators and rejected the offer to replace half of humanity with mindless drones, but because human labor was cheaper.

    See also: Iran and gas prices.