"We're in an AI race with China" okay why aren't we in a solar race or high-speed rail race or healthcare race or quality of life race or some shit.

[whitecattamer@mastodon.online]

@pockets @Elizafox Because the people who think that AI will destroy us out of a conscious, willful decision are influenced by the Roko’s basilisk thought experiment, also known as “what if we made Pascal’s wager even dumber but made it about computers because that’s cool”.

[ttskyhammer@mastodon.social]

@Elizafox because people aren't abominable intelligence

[mwt@mastodon.nz]

@tym @Elizafox kei cars like they have in Japan! Only, sold to the rest of the world.

[nilz@norden.social]

@Elizafox

[zdl@mstdn.social]

@Elizafox Because the USA has lost those already. The first two to China, the latter two to a whole bunch of nations.

[fella@defcon.social]

@Elizafox @ariadne
The US peaked in high school

[canleaf@mastodon.social]

@Elizafox meanwhile cage homes are a thing in China, too.

[jaaphuib@mastodon.nl]

@Elizafox
Because the few in power expect to get even more money out of the AI race.
And they do not need solar, high speed rail, improved health care or whatever, since they can already always buy their way to the best service for themselves.

[pinecone460@social.seattle.wa.us]

@Elizafox various explanations in the replies but i think the real reason is because AI is a weapon, or can be used as one

the AI race is another arms race

[grayrattus@mastodon.social]

@Elizafox because if USA looses AI race you will all discover why socialism was actually not that bad of an idea.

[martenson@mastodon.world]

@Elizafox oil is still too cheap; no money in transporting people; muricans don't have more to spend on health; qol is EU propaganda -- we da best

[purrfectlyhorny@kinkycats.org]

@Elizafox summary: because capitalism.

[ariaflame@masto.ai]

@martenson @Elizafox They don't have enough to spend on health because it's going into the pockets of insurance executives and private equity firms. The USA spends more per person than countries with universal health care and gets worse results.

[ariaflame@masto.ai]

@jaaphuib @Elizafox I'm not sure why, AI isn't exactly profitable.

[3janeta@beige.party]

@Elizafox bc we’re losing those races and Trump hates losers is my bet

[azurelore@eldritch.cafe]

@Elizafox none of that will soothe the aristocracy's square-one demand for slaves, whatever shape they might take

[aburgerabz@mastodon.social]

@Elizafox who exactly is "we"?

[dichotomiker@dresden.network]

@Elizafox We are all of it. China is challenging.

[patchyouup@mastodon.social]

@ariaflame @jaaphuib @Elizafox Exactly. They've figured out the way to make insane amounts of money *without* being profitable. Why deal with the hassle of profit when you can just keep saying "this model is better than the last one" and people just keep throwing money at you?

[neongod@mstdn.social]

@aburgerabz @Elizafox Good question. With saying “we” it’s implied that I should identify with those who do these things. I don’t. I’m not in a race with China in anything. I don’t want the elected leaders to be either, but unfortunately they don’t represent me too well.