A simple example of job loss that has already occurred is in the manufacturing industries with CAD/CAM . In the 60s the design process was an engineer did a design on paper (with a slide rule- remember those?) A rough sketch then went to a draftsman who fleshed out the drawing into a blueprint for the manufacturing department. That drawing went into the hands of a skilled worker who created the part. All were high paying jobs requiring various levels of higher education.
With the advent of cad/cam the draftsman job has been completely eliminated, the skilled worker has been reduced to someone pushing a button to create the part and the part is created by a CNC machine in 1/10 or less the time. Engineers, draftsman and skilled labor jobs were all eliminated by computer technology.
This is the simplified version and the job loss has been far more extensive. In the 60s all of this "futuristic" technology was going to lead to a 20 hour work week and an abundance for all with an unimaginable high standard of living. Promoted in school I might add. Now 40 years later what do we have? Low paying poverty wage jobs. A largely unskilled uneducated workforce working 2 jobs living paycheck to paycheck. An increasing population of homeless. A society which is controlled and manipulated by the government, corporations and financial institutions. Mass production of useless junk with built in planned obsolescence resulting in ecocide and overuse of resources as well as the establishment of a two class system, the wealthy and the poor.
Currently the main function of AI is for control of the masses by surviallance programs, psychological manipulation by the media and government and the effectiveness of the manipulation. LLMs are predictive algorithms which can be used to establish the outcome of government policies by monitoring people's reactions in realtime by email, voice comments and public reaction and adjusted accordingly for the desired result. It's all part of a psychological Operations plan developed by the air force back in the 70s and enhanced by the development of the internet and computer technology.
PsychologicalOperationsGoldstein.pdf
The greatest inevitable danger of AI is going to be the reduction of intelligence and creativity in humans. Not to mention the job losses in more skilled jobs and increased poverty. Robot development will eliminate the more mundane tasks such as stocking shelves and maintenance very soon. So the question is when most jobs for humans are eliminated who will buy the products being produced?
I'd be interested to see what AI would propose for solutions to homelessness or ecocide/climate change. Currently it's being used by Israel for targeting sites in Gaza for the military. Killing in a word. More people have been killed with it than lives saved. I think we can assume that it's being used in the US for monitoring and targeting dissidents here. It's how you get the enhanced security check at the airport with the SSS on your ticket.
Stephen Hawking believed that AI was the greatest danger to humanity more so than nuclear weapons.
So where does this all end?
Thanks for a great well researched article. I guess we can thank AI at least in part.
What a fascinating and eye-opening read. Thank you, staggering outlook on one of the world’s biggest recent developments. Especially your reporting of the energy it takes to use A(N)I.
This article was well worth the wait.
A simple example of job loss that has already occurred is in the manufacturing industries with CAD/CAM . In the 60s the design process was an engineer did a design on paper (with a slide rule- remember those?) A rough sketch then went to a draftsman who fleshed out the drawing into a blueprint for the manufacturing department. That drawing went into the hands of a skilled worker who created the part. All were high paying jobs requiring various levels of higher education.
With the advent of cad/cam the draftsman job has been completely eliminated, the skilled worker has been reduced to someone pushing a button to create the part and the part is created by a CNC machine in 1/10 or less the time. Engineers, draftsman and skilled labor jobs were all eliminated by computer technology.
This is the simplified version and the job loss has been far more extensive. In the 60s all of this "futuristic" technology was going to lead to a 20 hour work week and an abundance for all with an unimaginable high standard of living. Promoted in school I might add. Now 40 years later what do we have? Low paying poverty wage jobs. A largely unskilled uneducated workforce working 2 jobs living paycheck to paycheck. An increasing population of homeless. A society which is controlled and manipulated by the government, corporations and financial institutions. Mass production of useless junk with built in planned obsolescence resulting in ecocide and overuse of resources as well as the establishment of a two class system, the wealthy and the poor.
Currently the main function of AI is for control of the masses by surviallance programs, psychological manipulation by the media and government and the effectiveness of the manipulation. LLMs are predictive algorithms which can be used to establish the outcome of government policies by monitoring people's reactions in realtime by email, voice comments and public reaction and adjusted accordingly for the desired result. It's all part of a psychological Operations plan developed by the air force back in the 70s and enhanced by the development of the internet and computer technology.
PsychologicalOperationsGoldstein.pdf
The greatest inevitable danger of AI is going to be the reduction of intelligence and creativity in humans. Not to mention the job losses in more skilled jobs and increased poverty. Robot development will eliminate the more mundane tasks such as stocking shelves and maintenance very soon. So the question is when most jobs for humans are eliminated who will buy the products being produced?
I'd be interested to see what AI would propose for solutions to homelessness or ecocide/climate change. Currently it's being used by Israel for targeting sites in Gaza for the military. Killing in a word. More people have been killed with it than lives saved. I think we can assume that it's being used in the US for monitoring and targeting dissidents here. It's how you get the enhanced security check at the airport with the SSS on your ticket.
Stephen Hawking believed that AI was the greatest danger to humanity more so than nuclear weapons.
So where does this all end?
Thanks for a great well researched article. I guess we can thank AI at least in part.
What a fascinating and eye-opening read. Thank you, staggering outlook on one of the world’s biggest recent developments. Especially your reporting of the energy it takes to use A(N)I.