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Apple vs the Law

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pyman ◴[] No.44529351[source]
Note: I know some folks working in big tech won't like this comment, but it's time we talk about the elephant in the room.

Tim Sweeney is the only billionaire and computer scientist who's actually fighting against inequality. The big difference between him and folks like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Larry Page, and Marc Benioff, is that while those billionaires talk about universal basic income to make up for the mass layoffs their tech is going to cause, Tim's out there fighting monopolies, hiring people, building tools for developers, and making games. That's why his HQ isn't in San Francisco. He's the only one who hasn't been brainwashed by VCs or sold out to greed.

He speaks for millions of computer scientists who don't live in the Valley and are using their knowledge of maths and physics to build things that help people, not hurt them. Because let's be honest, a future where billionaires keep getting richer and computer scientists are out of work, scraping by on UBI, begging billionaires for $10 more bucks a month, is a feature no one wants. And when I say "we" I mean myself, my colleagues, and all my students.

Tim, thank you. You inspired a whole generation. Keep fighting against Apple, Google and corporate greed!

Inequality matters.

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1. leosanchez ◴[] No.44529395[source]
> billionaires keep getting richer and computer scientists are out of work

Not just computer scientists right ?

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2. pyman ◴[] No.44529426[source]
Yeah, this affects everyone who isn't rich. Some billionaires are even running UBI trials, fully aware that the tech they're building or funding is going to cause social chaos:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-22/ubi-study...

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4. charlesrobertd ◴[] No.44529529[source]
Why are billionaires doing this instead of governments? It doesn't make sense.

Governments are supposed to protect workers, regulate industries, and make sure technology benefits everyone. Looks like billionaires and VCs who love monopolies are building the future on their terms.

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5. scotty79 ◴[] No.44529578{3}[source]
They don't want to get eaten. We already had symbolic real assassinations of CEOs. It's only a matter of time. You can call it savagery, but you also can call it economics.
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6. pyman ◴[] No.44529761{4}[source]
Politics is funded by the rich. It's the only way to win an election. Just like a VC investment is the only way to build AI.
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7. scotty79 ◴[] No.44531563{5}[source]
If you need to mitigate the danger quickly it's only prudent to try to do it yourself than to delegate to politicians you bought. Especially if you neglected the problem for so long.

That's why billionaires are talking about basic income before politicians do. They know the window for their survival is closing fast.