With AI, the ability of the elite to surveil the proles is utterly unprecedented in all of human history.
They will soon know almost everything there is to know about almost everyone - they are already close to that point, and we can see them working to plug the gaps in their knowledge by eliminating physical currency, requiring smart phones for everything, interlinking accounts, verifying everything into single, trackable identities, putting backdoors into computer hardware, etc.
I see total global slavery in the future - an elite core of a few thousand with total omniscient rule over billions. We will functionally have gods walking the earth, and if we have any sense, we will die in our millions or billions to kill them, because that is without doubt what they will ultimately intend for us, once they have no further need for our work.
It is all very worrying, but I can't dwell on it too much because other than refuse to partake of the digital ayahuasca and live in reality to the extent I can, what can I do? I think the future we're heading towards is that of Zero HP Lovecraft and not...
You know, I can't think of any "futuristic utopias." I probably could when I was younger and still on the digital rez but they all look utterly dystopian to me now.
No crystal spires and togas for us. I fear this will be our race's eventual destination. I'm sure the technocrats can't wait.
You know, I can't think of any "futuristic utopias." I probably could when I was younger and still on the digital rez but they all look utterly dystopian to me now.
Well, Utopia is a fantasy concept parodying our ever-present childlike desire for a paradise on earth despite mankind's inability to create such a thing. Adults recognize that it's inherently impossible. Seeing the downsides now means you are cognitively an adult. Congratulations.
The flip side of this is that people old enough to remember how things were done before the internet have a competitive advantage against those who don't.
If the government primarily surveils people over the internet, that makes it all the more difficult to surveil someone who talks to people in-person. Or does direct dial encrypted voice with 56k modems.
Personally I like my odds against a bunch of DMV Americans who can't do anything unless they have direct access to someone's twitter DMs.
With AI, the ability of the elite to surveil the proles is utterly unprecedented in all of human history.
They will soon know almost everything there is to know about almost everyone - they are already close to that point, and we can see them working to plug the gaps in their knowledge by eliminating physical currency, requiring smart phones for everything, interlinking accounts, verifying everything into single, trackable identities, putting backdoors into computer hardware, etc.
I see total global slavery in the future - an elite core of a few thousand with total omniscient rule over billions. We will functionally have gods walking the earth, and if we have any sense, we will die in our millions or billions to kill them, because that is without doubt what they will ultimately intend for us, once they have no further need for our work.
It is all very worrying, but I can't dwell on it too much because other than refuse to partake of the digital ayahuasca and live in reality to the extent I can, what can I do? I think the future we're heading towards is that of Zero HP Lovecraft and not...
You know, I can't think of any "futuristic utopias." I probably could when I was younger and still on the digital rez but they all look utterly dystopian to me now.
No crystal spires and togas for us. I fear this will be our race's eventual destination. I'm sure the technocrats can't wait.
Well, Utopia is a fantasy concept parodying our ever-present childlike desire for a paradise on earth despite mankind's inability to create such a thing. Adults recognize that it's inherently impossible. Seeing the downsides now means you are cognitively an adult. Congratulations.
Many adults with the mentality of children running around, then!
The flip side of this is that people old enough to remember how things were done before the internet have a competitive advantage against those who don't.
If the government primarily surveils people over the internet, that makes it all the more difficult to surveil someone who talks to people in-person. Or does direct dial encrypted voice with 56k modems.
Personally I like my odds against a bunch of DMV Americans who can't do anything unless they have direct access to someone's twitter DMs.