AI Will Be Met with Violence, and Nothing Good Will Come of It

Re:AI Will Be Met with Violence, and Nothing Good Will Come ... by card_zero on Sunday April 12, 2026 @02:07PM (#47742572)

Suppose it's 1999, and I'm planning to expand my online bookstore into a worldwide network of distribution centers and logistics, that can deliver anything at all to anybody, very quickly, though a unified web interface. How can I carry out this major business enterprise without getting very poor?

I guess the board would have to vote to keep my income at the optimum level, or just below, to prevent me from jumping ship to run a competing company that offers to pay less.

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Re:AI Will Be Met with Violence, and Nothing Good Will Come ... by elevatortrim on Sunday April 12, 2026 @02:39PM (#47742905)

I would rather you did not do that. You would create a shit tone more global transfer of goods accelerating global warming, and make societies dependant on unsustainable dirt cheap production practices.

Even if yourself could argue that you’ve done a good thing overall, I’d rather not take your word on that and would rather not have you decide something so extremely impactful.

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Re:AI Will Be Met with Violence, and Nothing Good Will Come ... by card_zero on Sunday April 12, 2026 @02:43PM (#47742961)

Tough, I'm gonna do it anyway, but through some kind of non-profit org. Because my vision is beautiful!

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Re:AI Will Be Met with Violence, and Nothing Good Will Come ... by runarberg on Sunday April 12, 2026 @02:17PM (#47742654)

One can only dream.

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