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Re:How employment is changing at Anthropic by torben-friis on Sunday October 18, 2026 @08:42AM (#50140604)
No one's at the wheel. It's fair (to a degree) for companies to push for short term gain, but the legislative counterbalance that is supposed to care for long term effects no longer exists.

It's not only AI. Betting is on the rise, adults and minors are being hooked by dopamine loops, social networks are causing well measured negative effects, children's educational scores are sinking worldwide, appliance manufacturers engage in surveillance...

It truly feels like the wild west.

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Re:How employment is changing at Anthropic by philistine on Sunday October 18, 2026 @09:07AM (#50140777)
> but the legislative counterbalance that is supposed to care for long term effects no longer exists.

In the US. When the inevitable legislations start popping up worldwide, don't be surprised when somehow the American consensus will be to do nothing.

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Re:How employment is changing at Anthropic by Avicebron on Sunday October 18, 2026 @09:11AM (#50140809)
You have to remember that an American consensus in it's current condition is really just a consensus among the corporate interests that have captured the government.
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Re:How employment is changing at Anthropic by AlecSchueler on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:20PM (#50143141)
In the US, yes, and the US is still in the position to boss everyone around.
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