‘They’re afraid their AIs will come for them’: Doug Rushkoff on why tech billionaires are in escape mode | #Artificialintelligence (AI) | #TheGuardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/28/artificial-intelligence-doug-rushkoff-tech-billionaires-escape-mode

#EndStageCapitalism #Exterminism #billionaires #AI

On the flip side AI replacing everyone would mean the ultra rich no longer need us. This is #Exterminism. One of the Four Futures scenarios after #Capitalism. Of the four, it is the worst.

https://jacobin.com/2011/12/four-futures

From Walker Bragman on Twitter:

"The reason capital-aligned right wing groups are spreading disinformation about the efficacy of things like masks, vaccines, and air filtration/ventilation in combatting COVID is that they don’t want demand for new workplace protections/regulations imposed on businesses."

I endorse this, although I'd add that they aren't ONLY trying to spare themselves expenses; there is also a #eugenics component to their motivation. They want us dead. #COVID19 #exterminism