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Their wordsI’ve been around the left for a while, but I have never seen a movement rise this quickly or organically.
Their wordsMy case to you is that AI is surging through our culture, in part, because so many people are desperately trying to get out of their lives.
Their wordsThese questions are urgent, especially as the bubble currently holding up the global economy audibly hisses air. When the crash comes, we will, very briefly, have the most leverage we will ever have.
Their wordsThat’s what Sam Altman’s fantasy of intelligence-as-a-utility misses: the figuring out is the point.
Their wordsA big crisis is coming. These companies have gambled the entire economy on the belief that one of them gets to win.
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The answer to the coming crisis is democratic socialism, going further than the New Deal.
Their wordsThe New Deal didn’t go far enough. This time our boldest demands need to be ready, and what we need is democratic socialism.
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