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Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by imknewhere on Thursday December 15, 2022 @01:10PM (#34003352)
What I find interesting is how people literally cannot see any alternative besides, "This is just the way capitalism works", which implicitly acknowledges "capitalism is the only way it can work".
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Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by exceptione on Thursday December 15, 2022 @01:31PM (#34003630)
Spot on. Our thinking on these matters is more adherence to faith than reason. We are stuck in a collective meme.

A belief system that centers around human well being sounds more reasonable than *unbounded* capitalism. We know it, we don't know what to do with it.

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Re:Who knew the first AI battles would be fought by artists? by mallvinegar on Thursday December 15, 2022 @01:47PM (#34003836)
Reminds me of this quote from Mark Fisher:

"Observing humans under capitalism and concluding it's only in our nature to be greedy is like observing humans under water and concluding it's only in our nature to drown."

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