Thank you Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) for explaining so succinctly why billionaires are so rabidly enthusiastic about AI.
It just occurred to me that (in modern parlance), “work” = something that makes billionaires richer.
If it doesn’t do that, it’s not really work, is it? /s 😛
From: Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117394092130906568
Paul Barnfather
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