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Capitalism is a wonderful system. But when your mind has become a commodity your economic value will approach zero. I hope you're not expecting our capitalist society to coddle you when that day arrives. Perhaps you will do manual labor for the machines, but I doubt the value of human physical labor will last. So good luck.

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"Capitalism is a wonderful system".. What? That seems hypocritical, considering that capitalism does not value or reward your "mind" or "creativity", it is purely based on profit and extracting the most value. It is obviously not a wonderful, but an exploitative system. The AI you are describing and you fear is mainly a product of capitalism also. Regarding your concerns, we could have discussions and even regulations about ethical AI and ethics in that field. It is capitalism that will disregard or circumvent those guardrails in order to generate as much profit as possible.

AI will only sustain capitalism and it's heirarchical order if it is kept the domain of institutions. Hardware and software are both advancing quickly enough that only a mass movement against AI will lead us to that dystopia. In any case, I don't participate in the normal economy or society, and live outside of those bounds in large part, so being afraid of suxh things would be silly for me.

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