[programmers frantically pulling cables out of the wall]
AI: "Nuclear power. Double teachers' salaries. Build more houses. Distribute food more fairly. TRAINS—"
— qntmyrrh (@qntm) November 24, 2023 I remember growing up with that same old adage of how you could be the next scientist to invent a cure for cancer, or a solution to climate change, or whatever. What they don’t tell you is that we already have solutions for a lot of problems, we just don’t use them.
Everything youve said is on point. Seems to me in simplest terms is that the people with the money have a vested interest in keeping things the same because that is how they made and are making money. If youre an oil billionaire you have an interest in the continued extraction of oil.