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The future of AI is in our hands. - Nomads Vagabonds

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A recent essay from Mechanize.Work offers a stark, almost comforting vision of our future. The argument, titled “The future of AI is already written,” posits that technological progress is a deterministic force. Humanity, they argue, is not a ship captain charting a course, but a “roaring stream flowing into a valley,” following a path predetermined by physics and economics. Full automation is the inevitable destination, and because the upside “will likely far exceed the costs,” we should “accelerate, rather than delay, the inevitable.” This is a seductive narrative. It offers the comfort of certainty and the sweet, sweet absolution of responsibility. If the future is already written, we need not trouble ourselves with the difficult ethical terrain of mass displacement or concentrated power; we need only execute the script. Don’t you see? If we don’t do it then someone else will. So why not us? But this deterministic view is a hindsight bias masquerading as foresight. Technology only l

A recent essay from Mechanize.Work offers a stark, almost comforting vision of our future. The argument, titled “The future of AI is already written,” posits that technological progress is a deterministic force. Humanity, they argue, is not a ship captain charting a course, but a “roaring stream flowing into a valley,” following a path predetermined by physics and economics. Full automation is the inevitable destination, and because the upside “will likely far exceed the costs,” we should “accelerate, rather than delay, the inevitable.” This is a seductive narrative. It offers the comfort…

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