the ability to make decisions that benefit a country
For who though is always the question of decision-making. The US’s focus is making decisions that benefit the hyper wealthy and exploit marginalized groups. China’s focus is making decisions that benefit regular people, that keep the capitalists under control and the imperialists at bay, and that work to transition to socialism and then communism.
I think this only makes sense in a capitalist POV though
Yes, I think the idea of AI “saving us” in some way is an expression of capitalist realism (“it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism”). In AES projects, they didn’t need AI to dramatically improve quality of life and China’s use of it now is more measured, as far as I can tell, than the haphazard western implementation, more cognizant of the need for it to do tangible social good. But in the heart of capitalist empire, when people are convinced there’s no alternative system because “communism ebil”, it makes a kind of sense they’d turn to the latest tech development as a hope for escape.
But in the heart of capitalist empire, when people are convinced there’s no alternative system because “communism ebil”, it makes a kind of sense they’d turn to the latest tech development as a hope for escape.
Exactly! I think in the ‘western’ viewpoint it is all a zero-sum game which is where any of this makes any sense at all. That is highly unlikely to be the case imo though.
For who though is always the question of decision-making. The US’s focus is making decisions that benefit the hyper wealthy and exploit marginalized groups. China’s focus is making decisions that benefit regular people, that keep the capitalists under control and the imperialists at bay, and that work to transition to socialism and then communism.
Yes, I think the idea of AI “saving us” in some way is an expression of capitalist realism (“it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism”). In AES projects, they didn’t need AI to dramatically improve quality of life and China’s use of it now is more measured, as far as I can tell, than the haphazard western implementation, more cognizant of the need for it to do tangible social good. But in the heart of capitalist empire, when people are convinced there’s no alternative system because “communism ebil”, it makes a kind of sense they’d turn to the latest tech development as a hope for escape.
Exactly! I think in the ‘western’ viewpoint it is all a zero-sum game which is where any of this makes any sense at all. That is highly unlikely to be the case imo though.