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es's avatar

incredible! this is sort of the driving force behind me pivoting my career to learning about ai/tech governance because i see these glaring issues and cannot imagine not at least trying to make some sort of difference despite being fresh out of undergrad.

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Ramiro Blanco's avatar

"If there is to be a technological revolution, there must also be a social revolution."

That phrase sums up the entire post. Well put! To make your phrase mine, I'd say "If there is to be a technological revolution, there will also be a social revolution."

If you're interested in ideas about how AI can be made otherwise, I'd love to hear your thoughts on a post I did a while back on that topic:

https://open.substack.com/pub/writerbytechnicality/p/do-it-for-the-machines?r=3anz55&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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Uncertain Eric's avatar

This is excellent work—thank you for writing it. We absolutely need more AI-themed micro influencers willing to dig beneath the surface and challenge the structure rather than the spectacle. The cultural and economic paradigm this tech is emerging under is the real problem. I've been writing about this too—my latest piece outlines just how weird and terrible things are likely to get if we don't change course:

https://sonderuncertainly.substack.com/p/shits-gonna-get-so-fucking-weird

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