• @[email protected]M
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    232 days ago

    Boosting productivity is a good idea. But we know that, since the 1970s, too much of the wealth that increased productivity brings has gone to the wealthiest. So, unless there’s a plan to change that, I have to assume this will just make the very rich even richer.

    • @thehatfox
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      122 days ago

      We desperately need to improve productivity, but I’m not convinced that going all in on AI is a great bet. The tech is still in its infancy and currently very unreliable. Letting it loose in places like the NHS sounds like a recipe for disaster.

      By all means open doors for research, but I don’t think this tech is ready for critical implementations yet. We’d get more reliable productivity gains by investing in upskilling workers instead.

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        2 days ago

        You’re right - boosting productivity in a way that lets the wealthy hoover up those gains is actually a glass half-full perspective! Also very possible it does nothing good at all (but also makes the rich richer).

        • @[email protected]
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          32 days ago

          In the short term, productivity can be improved by increasing uncompensated overtime and liberal use of the cosh. That doesn’t mean it’s a good idea, or one that’s viable in the longer term.