Ich habe mich immer als „progressiv“ gesehen – aber mit KI ist es an der Zeit, auf die Bremse zu treten | Peter Lewis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/australia-ai-artificial-intelligence-productivity-progress
Ich habe mich immer als „progressiv“ gesehen – aber mit KI ist es an der Zeit, auf die Bremse zu treten | Peter Lewis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/australia-ai-artificial-intelligence-productivity-progress
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AI has a weird reverse effect where conservatives are the ones who want to continue racing
Oh, so in response to AI that guy is embracing UBI as the obvious solution?
No? Instead, for reasons which remain slightly unclear even after reading the article, he is instead questioning being a progressive?
What the hell is going on here?
It’s sort of the “pacing problem”. The idea that tech moves at warp speed. But by the time we agree on the rules for the last revolution, the next one has already arrived.
Now it seems that tech is getting faster again. Whereas the progressive and rules systems we have are still moving at a glacial pace.
The problem is conflating technical advancement with progressive values. Every social media owner is proof that the two aren’t intertwined. Slavery was a game changer in early US history. That doesn’t mean it was beneficial for everyone.
If even hardline conservatives can see the lack of value proposition when it comes to AI, it’s less about being a Luddite and more about being realistic. Unless you stand to gain from the AI boom, you might end up the loser.
Cat’s out of the bag. Stop now and China wins. We are truly on this path now and there’s no stopping it
Did anyone read the essay? It’s completely bonkers.
I’m not aware of any progressives that are in favor of AI. So this is not „against the grain“ for progressives.
I’d say we press gas pedal. Faster, faster, faster. Embrace accelerationism – we’ll face the collapse first when everyone is still lagging behind, closing in on theirs only in decades.
If you want to fight something, start with platform capitalism. It’s arguably a lot more dangerous.
Just a PSA to remind everyone that a Guardian opinion article is not news. If just some journalist afraid that AI will write better puff pieces than him.
The way we use AI is regressive. *That’s* the problem.
From what I have seen AI is plagiarism on a massive scale. I also think they’re taking private data archived in data warehouses without getting owners permission. To me? I think it’s information theft on a grand scale.
Everyone, Peter Lewis thinks AI is going too far so can everyone just stop their research and development please. Thank you
The first law of politics: „Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.“
Unfortunate thing about stuff like this. Once pandora’s box has been opened. You have to go full steam ahead. Unless you want a bad actor nation state to get there first.