Suppose you are an alien. You have been asked to audit the American labor-and-virtue machine of the early twenty-first century. You will notice at once that the regime does not import people because it lacks hands. It imports people because it lacks a story. Cheap service labor is only the pretext. The real product is…
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Fight For AI Rights
I was reading this speech by Australia’s foreign minister, Penny Wong, where she warns that nuclear warfare has historically been constrained by human judgment, human conscience, and human accountability, and then she says AI lacks these qualities. It’s a great line. It’s got that reassuring, ceremonial ring to it. Like a prayer you say before…