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One thing many leftists don't understand is that there's high churn on the top. That's a technical investment banker jargon. It means that the richer you are the easier it is to lose your money. It's extremely hard to stay rich. It's not particularly difficult to climb and become rich. Assuming...

Just like the Internet?

So then don't. Get a job doing something more profitable, and scaleable, and leave the toilet cleaning to those who doesn't have that motivation. What is interesting is how many people don't do this calculation and chose to get rich. Because it entails putting up with a lot of discomfort now...

It depends what your expectations are. There is a pretty solid theoretical ceiling to how good AI can get. AI is basically a statistical engine that works on probability. That means that any knowledge that is either cutting edge or extremely specialised AI can't help you. AI is awesome on any...

Capitalists finance the factory. Or as a philosopher friend of mine put it, "poor people are poor because they invest in the wrong things" (..."if the goal is to be wealthy"). That's the skill capitalists bring to the table. Ie, being a joyless miserly cunt. Clearly they are needed in today's...

Something we often completely ignore with Marx is that he was a philosopher. Not an economist. Both Marxist theory and economics were developed from the same movement, the physiocrats. Adam Smith, the Physiocrats (Compte) and Marx were all philosophers. Ie, they sat around using their...

Good management is invisible in the organisation day to day. Its when management dissapears we notice what they do all day. And suddenly everything gets complicated I've worked in management most of my working life

Yes, Marx just didn't think of that, or didn't think it would be a problem. If I try to defend Marx. It wasn't until the Bessemer process in we went from machines primarily made from cast iron components to being made from hardened steel. That's when milimetre precision becomes the norm. It's...

So how would you judge it? Ok, fine. But that’s how its customery to judge stuff in a market No we don't. Humans aren't trustworthy. We use humans for all kinds of stuff. Ok. Yeah. I am not sure how that’s relevant. As a consumer I don't care about the process. I just want the desired...

And consumers seek to maximise value for money. They'll often gladly settle for the mediocre if they get it for cheap.

It depends entirely of our needs. Sometimes cut'n'paste art is what we want. Not everyone has a need to push their experiences to the cutting edge. Sometimes something mediocre is what we want. Last year I led an art project with a big team. At the closing party I had used AI to compose...

I meant false qualifications. It changed her university to a more prestigeous one. Added jobs and research. I think it looked at people who had similar jobs, or higher level jobs, and just copied their qualifications.

There's a lot about productivity that's basically voodoo. Here's a fun annecdote. I have a friend who is a Zen buddhist monk. They had a new abott at his monastary. He changed the morning meditation. He removed the chanting. He had everyone sit in silence. Over time discipline fell apart all...

Meh. Building the models consume a lot of energy. Running the models do not. While it's true now that AI consumes tremendous amounts of energy, over time that number will go down, while we can still enjoy AI. What this statement is based on is simply a projection of energy consumtion continuing...

I assume you meant to say, does not put a value on doing things efficienty. Yeah, that's a huge flaw. And Marx builds upon Smith. So he should have known better. But like I said above, Marx starts out with the assumption that technological and scientific advancement will soon cease. Which was...

I agree. Marx was amazing at analysing the problems of capitalism. He was, in his time, spot on. But his solutions are all garbage. It's not like we haven't given communism a fair go. Marx, like everyone, is a product of his time. The science of psychology was not yet invented. The academic...

In Das Kapital Marx only atributes value to those who produce. What he calls "labour power". He's a bit vague on exactly what counts. But I think it's safe to assume services that directly impact the workers quality of life, is included. Like doctors. What is not included is admin. Or...

Here's a fun anecodote. My girlfriend is looking for a job right now and used ChatGPT to help her write her CV. The mission was to write a CV that would maximise her chances of getting the job. So naturally it started adding bullshit qualifications that was guaranteed to get her that job :)

Good point. You are right, We can't know that, and there's no test we can do to prove it. But what we've learned is that writing a document from scratch is always more work than having a document generated and then proof reading it, and leads to a better end result. Writing it from scratch will...

Here's a good one. An interview with an American Jewish lesbian trans man who was a Jewish - Palestinian peace activist in Israel who was in Israel during the 7/10 attack, and only survived because they couldn't find a sober driver to take them to the Nova festival on the night in question. The...