Leaving aside the material and cognitive effects of AI (yes, I know, we cannot put those to one side)…
I increasingly think that *protection racket* is a pretty good metaphor for how AI sits in the world. Its vendors’ rhetoric is
👹 Our tech will **fk u up** but also…
😇 Our tech will protect you from the fker-uppers.
This is an *awful proposition* that is only ever put about by very bad people
Jonathan Schofield
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