Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.
During the height of COVID, rental assistance, job assistance, food assistance and more were given to those in need. Student loan payments were paused. The US did not collapse due to these policies. In fact, consumer spending went up.
So, given that these things are possible and even economically favorable, one can only conclude that ending them benefits some small but powerful portion of the populace who wants to keep the rest of us under control and in relative, if not full-on, poverty.
Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.
And I keep being asked about job “losses” due to automation, e.g., generative AI, and all I can say is, these are not people being replaced by AI as such, but their work moving to a different place along the same production chain, then cheapened through a process of deskilling that provides the capitalist class with further excuse to underpay and undervalue. But there is no “generative AI” without human labor, so look to find where it is.
Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.
The fact that the US government charges interest on student loans is already so offensive and immoral that I don’t even know where to begin.
pettter
@ubiquity75 > But there is no “generative AI” without human labor, so look to find where it is.
Honestly one of my short-to-mid-term research Qs is to do exactly that. We'll see how it goes.
pettter
@ubiquity75 Good enough to produce text that is meant to be primarly written, not read, but not good enough to produce it such that it _can_ be read if needed.
Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D.
My undergrads yesterday had no problem identifying the BS of the whole thing, noting that an increase in production without a concomitant increase in wages is a LOWERING OF WAGES. And that is what automation is good for. Then there’s the phenomenon of “it’s good enough.” The AI generates content, for example, that’s “good enough” for a copywriter to be fired and replaced. But good enough for whom? Once again, for the ownership class, and “good enough” to generate profit…
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