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Matthew Butterick argues that AI is inherently political technology that will corrode liberal democracy and concentrate capital, posing extinction-level risks even without malicious actors or malfunctions.
An essay arguing that free and open source software projects primarily serve as productive infrastructure for capital, not as a means to deliver freedom in consumer software, and that the narrative of capitalist exploitation ignores the role of capitalist firms in driving these projects.
The article argues that the real threat from AI is not the technology itself but capitalism's inability to distribute the wealth created by automation, and calls for universal basic income funded by AI productivity to prevent economic collapse.
An essay analyzing how AI systems are increasingly used to manage social and economic crises under capitalism, drawing on dystopian fiction and real-world examples like AI hiring tools.
The author reflects on Pope Leo's encyclical about AI and the labor market, arguing that while historical trends suggest AI may not cause mass unemployment, extreme scenarios could lead to loss of human agency, and that banning AI is impractical while market-based solutions are unclear.