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pnathan | 2 months ago

As a layoff justification and a hurryup tool, it is pretty loathesome. People use their jobs for their housing, food, etc.

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elzbardico|2 months ago

More than this man. AI is making me re-appreciate part of the Marxist criticism of capitalism. The concept of worker alienation could be easily extended in new forms to the labor situation in an AI-based economy. FWIW, humans derive a lot of their self-evaluation as people from labor.

adastra22|2 months ago

Marx was correct in his identification of the problem (the communist manifesto still holds up today). Marx went off the rails with his solution.

int_19h|2 months ago

> humans derive a lot of their self-evaluation as people from labor.

We're conditioned to do so, in large part because this kind of work ethic makes exploitation easier. Doesn't mean that's our natural state, or a desirable one for that matter.

"AI-based economy" is too broad a brush to be painting with. From the Marxist perspective, the question you should be asking is: who owns the robots? and who owns the wealth that they generate?