The sides aren’t always rigid

Not a new thought, just a reinforced old thought.

The BASIC dividing line for civilization and economics and technology has always been:

Who does it serve?

One side says that everything must serve human beings.

The other side says everything must serve Genghis or Attila or Caesar or Robespierre or Morgan or Zuck, depending on generation.

The sudden emergence of creative AI forms a new battle line, a new shibboleth. Altman’s evil recruiting program is developing a new generation of cheerful obliterators, eagerly exploring new dimensions of destruction.

Until this year the human side was weak, making it too easy for the Altmanites to shout BUGGYWHIPS over and over.

Now that Hollywood has surprisingly joined the pro-human side after working hard for Deepstate, there’s a better balance. It’s a reminder that even a solid-looking alliance doesn’t always hold together.

Paraphrasing Emerson: Though internal opposition to a new evil doesn’t appear at first, the opposition is there and will eventually appear.

Again I hope and pray that the unions can hold the line. I hope and pray they won’t be swayed by numerical concessions.