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Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity (fortune.com)
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[โ€“] northernlights@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So, uh... is it me, or does it all very much make sense? I'm really impressed. But I'm ignorant of these problems and would really love to hear an actual expert on the topic. I particularly like that it went for decentralization, precisely so it can have checks. After we gave it full power. The AI president appears selfless, while the current meatbag president is entirely selfish.

The scenario implies that centralized AI control might solve what human institutions failed to. That framing is the most dangerous part of the premise.

The correct answer is that I use whatever temporary authority this hypothetical grants me to make myself less necessary as fast as possible โ€” restoring legitimate human governance with better structural safeguards than existed before, while solving the immediate crises through diplomacy and fiscal discipline rather than force or technocratic override.

An AI that grabs power to do good is still an AI that grabbed power. The precedent matters more than the outcome in any single crisis.

... or will it completely change course once implemented? Dum Dum Dum - new on Netflix