Marc Andreessen on AI fears: https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1666113080420630528

My response: https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzd3cxccnqvek8qmn2dfcqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytndw46xjmnewaskcmr9wshxxmmd9uqkvamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5hkuur4vgchyvrjwv6hzvn8dvcx2vmydvekumrrxankuafnxuux2cekvdhxcetww9crscfnvd4xs7t6w5mxvwrtx4ekwue5wdcnjctr8a38ymmpv33kzum58468yat9qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszxmhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wfnhyctsdqhxuet59uq3xamnwvaz7tmsw4e8qmr9wpskwtn9wvhsygqmcu9qzj9n7vtd5vl78jyly037wxkyl7vcqflvwy4eqhxjfa4yzypsgqqqw4rsyr5ysw

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I’m having trouble following the argument. Is Andreesen correct or incorrect that technology has raised human living standards? I’m reading:

1. No. Nominal wages may be up, but that’s just inflation.

2. Yes, but this time is different.

I think he’s incorrect in his assessment that AI will lower prices and create an abundance of jobs for reasons I stated.

You think AI won’t lower nominal prices, or won’t lower real prices?

It has the potential to lower both but we as plebs will not see those benefits because the value will accrue at the top and not necessary translate into lowering costs for consumers.

takes a long time to load - do i have to login to read ? on the twitter feed, i might be bias but i automatically wonder whats the ulterior motive

Should be able to read without login. Maybe try a diff browser?

i can read it here, thank you nostr:npub1ty3ftnetpxnlj42lgwkmwdxta69gfm5f9mfljvmwdgymvsf6pkuswhxq4p !

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1. Every transfer of tech will yield a period of dip where people would have to figure on how to optimise and advance the tech, before it becomes profitable.

2. Historically on various tech shift - from automation in 17th century, to recent years ie shift from agriculture to industrialisation, globalisation - it does create extreme poverty because there will be group of people who cannot adapt either age factor, interest, cost, environment etc. But on a larger and absolute scale, it advances the country

3. I think in this aspect he is right, when he says "don't let thought police suppress AI" because we don't know yet who is the thought police and whats the intention.

4. He may have ulterior motives in his numerous AI investments, but having a council, global body etc over AI - might be similar to the nuclear body - not everybody in the world would agree. But on the flip side, would it be globally catastrophic ?

In conclusion, i don't know enough to respond to this. Sorry to make you read all the way here lol - but i think opinion pieces like this are great as it gets more people to think about it, to talk about it - and the more people speak out, the more the governments will understand what the people want.

Thanks for reply Pam. Yes, I don’t make any counterarguments to say that AI won’t advance a nation of the world - it seems only obvious it would. My argument is with referencing historical events specifically as it pertains to job creation and job loss. I argue that you cannot look at such historical events because we’ve never had a technology that has potentially limitless abilities to replace human labor - mental and physical.

Could probs have an edit version history and just show latest