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Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights?

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218 points lexandstuff | 3 comments | 05 Jul 25 21:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jandrewrogers ◴[06 Jul 25 03:08 UTC] No.44477503[source]▶
A critical flaw in arguments like this is the embedded assumption that the creation of democratic policy is outside the system in some sense. The existence of AGI has the implication that it can effectively turn most people into sock puppets at scale without them realizing they are sock puppets.

Do you think, in this hypothesized environment, that “democratic policy” will be the organic will of the people? It assumes much more agency on the part of people than will actually exist, and possibly more than even exists now.

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1. CamperBob2 ◴[06 Jul 25 18:02 UTC] No.44482752[source]▶
The existence of AGI has the implication that it can effectively turn most people into sock puppets at scale without them realizing they are sock puppets.

Fox News already did this in the US, and it didn't take AGI.

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2. 93po ◴[06 Jul 25 19:10 UTC] No.44483183[source]▶
All corporate media has done this. For example, it's made left leaning people think that only Fox News is the issue when it's all corporate media
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3. doctaj ◴[06 Jul 25 20:09 UTC] No.44483631[source]▶
All corporate media have the same problems (ie: getting peoples' attention, money, advertising, etc. -- to stay alive). All corporate media have their own internal politics (like all businesses), a historical track record, a reputation, and individuals that have their own biases. However, not all corporate media blatantly lie to their users (that is... tell people incorrect information to get their point across). Fox News blatantly lies to their viewers -- that is, the intent is to give them false information. It IS different from the norm.