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Chainleft
@chainleft
Too much day to day politics. I wish there were more philosophical conversations. Here's one for you: Would you prefer: A) human-controlled AGI which will inevitably produce even more hierarchy among humans but at least establishes some intrinsic human future B) decentralized AGI which will inevitably maximize for its own values (i.e. objective function), which simply cannot be fully aligned with core human values (these are the only two options under capitalist & growth-obsessed systems) https://ai-2027.com/
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@m-j-r.eth
no, that's a false dilemma and AI 2027 definitely understates how decentralized systems self-regulate, so it's far from any credible conjecture.
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Chainleft
@chainleft
It's not decentralization's fault. But decentralization simply cannot operate to its potential under capitalism.
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@m-j-r.eth
respectfully, I'm reminded of how intellectuals like Noam Chomsky played down atrocities like the Khmer Rouge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial) has there ever been a stable non-capitalist society? at some point even social system needs a competitive forum for ideas, and I see every example of left authoritarianism reverting to censorship to preserve itself against any dissenting plurality. we live in a multipolar world. curtailing one country's capitalist growth just incurs worse environmental outcomes globally. it's undeniable that a communist-ruled state is one of the biggest coal-burners, and worse still, the same state inflicted mortality on its own citizens despite contemporary market reform. the bottom line is that decentralization is maximally inclusive, and cannot operate under any unilateral ideology. so in this free world where different states choose different industrial and humanitarian policies, how would anti-capitalist AI adapt, or even progress?
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
This is an oversimplification imo There's to much nuance, especially considering how much imperialist capital forces have worked to undermine non capitalist states, often times by propping up genocidal regimes. The united states recognized the Khemer rouge regime as the ruling regime until 1991 because they didn't want to recognize the communist party Vietnamese party that over threw them. This doesn't even take into effect how much the united states destabilized Cambodia pre genoide and flat out ignored the genocide because they were anti Vietnamese communists
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Purp🇵🇸
@purp
I think the whole why no communism work argument is super bad faith, considering how much open interference and economic sabotage has been levied to stop it
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