The War on General Purpose Computing

Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by eternalban on Sunday December 04, 2022 @12:50PM (#33855868)

This is fundamentally a political issue and any organized effort to counter the establishment's chosen path can and likely will meet with a political/legal response. The issue is central enough.

I was musing to a friend the other day (in context of AI actually, not general access to computing) that Marx apparently missed a fork in the road in his linear idea of 'historic necessity' regarding the deterministic nature of social system transitions. Since technology, now cognitive technology, is such a huge amplifier of wealth, it now seems the Capitalist class can chart a way in the future that decouples from labor and assumes control over advanced technology. This path of the fork in the road will not end in a workers paradise ..

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Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by tetris11 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @01:53PM (#33856457)

Here's a fun website that follows that train of thought to its natural conclusion:

https://exterminism.com/

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Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by eternalban on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:29PM (#33856848)

What seems naturally conclusive can be held to be reflective of one's own predispositions unless it is accompanied by a compelling train of thought.

So all we need now are the missing tracks of this train (and all the charming must-see stops along the way).

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