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Of course; but this is the current society, and attempts to reform it, e.g. communism, failed abjectly, so by evolution pressure, the capitalist society dominated by market forces is the best that we have


Right, but there are plenty of middle grounds between true communism and just letting markets freewheel.


And places with these systems are those that achieved the best quality of life and peace.


There's no evidence that this fearmongering over safety is actually correct. The worst thing you can do is pummel an emerging technology into the grave because of misplaced fear.

Just take a look at how many everyday things were "incredibly dangerous for society" - https://pessimistsarchive.org/


Spend any amount of time on mainstream social media and you'll see AI-generated media being shared credulously. It's not a hypothetical risk, it's already happening.

Even if you're not convinced that it's dangerous, at the very least it's incredibly annoying.

If someone dumped a trailer full of trash in your garden, you're not going to say "oh well, market forces compelled them to do that".


Eh, growing pains.




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