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@ajsadauskas @timnitGebru AI is receiving a huge amount of investment for a simple reason: they enable the *control* of huge numbers of people cheaply and at scale. In other words, they are instruments of power, and in this soon-to-be post-democratic and post-capitalist world, power is only game that matters.

Molding opinion via manipulation of social media. Fine-tuned propaganda at scale.
Detection and suppression of opposition movements. Detailed tracking of every aspect of your life. Monitoring and control of factory workers. Finding and punishing dissidents. Automated weapons of war.

Forget the blather about AGI, limitless abundance, and the Singularity. Pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Power is their only goal.