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Their wordsMeanwhile, all of the potential horrors ascribed to a future AI are in fact real and present today, but have been (are being) enacted by humans.
Their wordsCasting AI as the monster-to-come obfuscates the monsters already in our midst.
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When most people say "technology," they are politically mystifying advanced industrial capitalism.
Their wordsIf you add the monster's location in time (during and after the Industrial Revolution), I think you can see what is being discussed when most people say "technology." They are politically mystifying a much bigger monster: capitalism in its advanced industrial phase.
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