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[Tech] Elon advocates for universal high income because AI robots will do all the work (lemmy.nz)

submitted 3 months ago by powerstruggle@sh.itjust.works to c/stupidpol@sh.itjust.works

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If things continue on their current trajectory I can only see two outcomes, full on robo-socialism or late stage capitalism hell. One seems more likely but the other could be achieved, how we could get their remains to be unseen.

Guns, libraries, and local LLMs

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One of those things that on the surface level, even us lemmings agree with, but its going to be twisted to hell by some techno oligarchs' wet dream of cyberpunk dystopian capitalism.

This is their technique. Say something with a little bit of credibility so people agree with you without putting much thought into it, and then enact your evil agenda to enrich yourself and enslave the poor.

Easy example: Brain Worm Kennedy saying food dyes are bad. Yes, I agree, so are artificial sweeteners, we all know this. But see, now he will use that obvious fact to appeal to people and then enact his psychotic agenda to ban vaccines and bring smallpox back.

Very easy plan, nothing remotely conspiracist about it, yet people will say I'm insane for even suggesting this is the way they operate.

[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We've seen how these sociopaths operate. If anything, you'd have to be incredibly naive to believe a word they say at face value.

[–] ferrule@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

We have also seen that there are a LOT of naive (or more likely stupid) people who back these ideas because they see how much money Musk has so therefore "he is smart" and they hear "free money" and think there is no way they can get screwed over when there is so much money. I'd guess a good 40% of Americans would back this because they are "naive."