What AI Tells Us About Capitalism
If AI really does pose an existential risk to humanity, then why are companies continuing to develop it? The AI race is revealing of capitalism’s core logic: the structural necessity to compete for profit, even if it leads to catastrophic outcomes. The people need to take democratic control over not just AI, but all of society’s productive capacity. This is the only way to prevent our ruinous trajectory.
If AI really does pose an existential risk to humanity, then why are companies continuing to develop it? The AI race is revealing of capitalism’s core logic: the structural necessity to compete for profit, even if it leads to catastrophic outcomes. The people need to take democratic control over not just AI, but all of society’s productive capacity. This is the only way to prevent our ruinous trajectory.