i do not think that further loss of agency is inevitable; i do think that if we continue using our advanced technologies within these systems, then it does certainly become increasingly inevitable, while we will be fooled into thinking that where we spend our money, etc. makes a difference, but the difference will be so minute that it effectively won’t be a difference at all. so, yeah, i fear AI in the hands of the powerful, which is where it will reside, ultimately. I understand it isn’t new in the sense that technologies have always been used by the powerful to shape society to their advantage (even theater was long ago used thusly) and yet i do not think that this excludes the possibility that we are on a threshold of no return. i suppose it could be all too easy to feel that way. or it could prove to be an accurate hunch. it is extremely hard to decipher the waters we swim in as they are part of us.
i do not think that further loss of agency is inevitable; i do think that if we continue using our advanced technologies within these systems, then it does certainly become increasingly inevitable, while we will be fooled into thinking that where we spend our money, etc. makes a difference, but the difference will be so minute that it effectively won’t be a difference at all. so, yeah, i fear AI in the hands of the powerful, which is where it will reside, ultimately. I understand it isn’t new in the sense that technologies have always been used by the powerful to shape society to their advantage (even theater was long ago used thusly) and yet i do not think that this excludes the possibility that we are on a threshold of no return. i suppose it could be all too easy to feel that way. or it could prove to be an accurate hunch. it is extremely hard to decipher the waters we swim in as they are part of us.