[scrapheap]

When I first read The Time Machine (by H.G.Wells) I wondered how the split between Eloi and Morlocks happened, and where in the timeline it started. The more I see of people using AI leads me to wonder if perhaps that split started a lot sooner in the timeline than I expected.

Or to put it another way, if you push everything into the AI, then you going to become entirely dependent on those people who can keep the AIs running...

[wmeredith]

> if you push everything into the AI, then you going to become entirely dependent on those people who can keep the AIs running...

I get what you're saying, but I don't think this is all that damning. I am already entirely dependent on everyone down at the local power plant, water utility co., grocery store, etc.

[cowboylowrez]

we would hope the power plant, water utility etc are regulated. AI isn't even a stationary target yet and additionally, there are some pushes for simply banning AI regulation by the states, and a certain percentage of us believe the federal government branch called the executive branch are just flat out whackadoodles.