Post #3929294
2026-07-16 08:01 UTC
@Cheeseness@mastodon.social @doctormo@floss.social Slavery is just a tool - it was used to produce a toxic product to people who didn't need it for the benefit of a few hyper-rich. No wait that's GenAI.
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@mike805@noc.social 2026-07-17 17:03
@geospacedman@mastodon.social @Cheeseness@mastodon.social @doctormo@floss.social Slavery is a whole worldview, and it requires a vast amount of hypocrisy to maintain. The slave is human enough to care for your kids and cook your dinner (you wouldn't let a chimp do that, right?) but not human enough to have any rights. From that basic contradiction you get a twisted, backward civilization that doesn't progress and eventually loses. The similar contradiction with AI is when you use it to not pay people, but expect people to buy your stuff.