Thread by @SteB777

"Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds"

The other half are in denial, or are ignorant. Also, bizarrely, Keir Starmer is going all out, pursuing AI.

1/theguardian.com/technology/202…

I have been scathing about the ability of AI to replace human intelligence, because the proponents, making outlandish claims about the potential of AI, don't seem to understand what human intelligence and consciousness is. But it will take your jobs.
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However, AI doesn't need to supplant or supersede human intelligence, to replace most people's jobs, as the vast majority of jobs people are meaningless, don't really contribute to our societies and can easily be replaced by AI.

3/gov.uk/government/new…

As the COVID pandemic demonstrated, most people's jobs, the enterprises people work in, don't meaningfully contribute to society, and these enterprises are really just there to make a few people incredibly rich.
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People could be paid to stay at home, and society carried on running just fine. We discovered during the pandemic, that some of the lowest paid jobs, are actually the key jobs, in society, and still the implications of this are not acknowledged.
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I've been desperately trying to get across to people that the neoliberal doctrine, that all politicians of the main parties currently follow, is anti-human, and it will result in the collapse of our civilization, as it is driving the climate crisis.

6/threadreaderapp.com/thread/1947958…

At the very heart of neoliberalism, is the central idea, that all that matters is economic growth, and everything has to be sacrificed for it. That people only matter, if they are working for billionaires etc, and making them even richer.

7/threadreaderapp.com/thread/1948623…

Ultimately, all maximal economic growth does, is making a very small clique of the richest people in the world, vastly richer. Their wealth and income is growing far faster than anyone else's. Everything is being sacrificed to make them richer.

8/oxfam.org.uk/media/press-re…

As you can see, the raw facts support what I say. The biggest supporters of neoliberalism, are the very rich. The right wing think tanks they push, promote neoliberal doctrine, because it makes the very rich even richer. @JKSteinberger

9/alliancemagazine.org/analysis/under…

However, there is a complete lack of joined up thinking, big picture thinking about what this is leading to. This absolute pursuit of economic growth, is what is driving the climate and ecological crisis, which threatens all life on earth, driven by neoliberalism.
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Those pursuing AI to the maximum, are the billionaires, the oligarchs, as on the face of it, it is the next big money spinner, which will make them even richer. But no one seems to have stopped to think about how it will make them richer.
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Ultimately, AI will make billionaires even richer, by making business even more profitable, by making industry more efficient, less money spent, on producing stuff and services, that make the very rich, even richer, via profit.
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In short, AI will do this, by lessening labour costs, by replacing people with AI. There is a clear lack of joined up thinking here. Central to neoliberalism, is to tell people that they are only worthwhile if they have a job, and if they don't then they are worthless.
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This after all is central to the Keir Starmer government's plans to force the disabled into work, by cutting their benefits, so either they work or starve. This is the same Keir Starmer pursuing the all out growth of AI.

14/theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Central to neoliberalism, is a process of cutting out of work welfare and benefits, to force people into work, to cut tax demands on the very rich.

But as I say, this shows a complete lack of joined up thinking, big picture thinking.
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According to IT super billionaire Bill Gates, within 10 years, AI will be able to replace most jobs, done by humans. I only quote this super rich moron, to make it clear it is not me saying this, but those pursuing AI.

16/cnbc.com/2025/03/26/bil…

As I say, it is the super rich billionaire oligarchs pushing neoliberal policy, which aims to cut welfare for those not in work. But they are also pushing AI, which will put most people out of work. See what I mean about the lack of joined up thinking.
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It is the billionaire owned media that are manipulating the gullible section of society, to hate on the sick and disabled as benefits scroungers, to cut their benefits. But soon all those gullible people will be out of work, themselves, as AI takes their jobs.
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Then there is Trump, with is MAGA, Make America Great Again, funded by billionaires, for billionaires. Trump is claiming more jobs for Americans whilst being funded by billionaires pushing AI, which will put most people out of work.
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Trump like most extreme neoliberals, because the populist right are also neoliberals, wants all the support mechanisms for the poor cut, whilst being funded by the same billionaires pushing AI, which will push most people out of work, and make them poor.
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This is what I mean about the total lack of joined up thinking by the most powerful and richest people in the world, pushing this insane agenda. What is their plan, to run off to Mars, and head for their bunkers when they collapse our society.

21/interestingengineering.com/culture/billio…

You couldn't make this up. Billionaires and oligarchs, have totally corrupted our governments, to the effect, that all senior politicians work for them. They fund harsh neoliberal austerity for everyone, whilst obsessively pursuing AI, which will put most people out of work.
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They also fund climate change denial, to make people oblivious to how climate related food shortages, could result in most people starving to death. As I say, a total lack of joined up thinking.

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We are many they are few. 99% vs the 1%. Why are we allowing billionaire oligarchs, to push our societies towards global suicide?

It's not immigrants that will take your jobs, but billionaire sponsored AI. Are those supporting the oligarch funded extreme right, that stupid?
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I am scratching my head in disbelief about why more people can't join up the dots, and see where these billionaire maniacs, and the current politicians in power, funded by them, are taking us. When does the survival mechanism kick in?
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