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Mastodon posts call for AI ban, link tech to inflation and despotic capitalism

Two posts on Mastodon express strong anti-AI sentiments, linking the technology to inflation, high interest rates, and despotic capitalist practices. The authors advocate for governments to ban AI and for banks to cease lending to AI investors, with one post even suggesting drastic measures like burning AI data centers or reintroducing high tax rates on the wealthy. AI

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Mastodon posts call for AI ban, link tech to inflation and despotic capitalism

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · QCCEChris ·

    Banks should stop lending to anyone that is investing in AI. Governments should ban AI, absolutely. Capitalists such as Altman, Trump, Thiel, etc., don't believ

    Banks should stop lending to anyone that is investing in AI. Governments should ban AI, absolutely. Capitalists such as Altman, Trump, Thiel, etc., don't believe in you owning anything, just them. Which is anti-capitalist and highly despotic, of the negative kind. They are all fa…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · QCCEChris ·

    People complain of inflation. Inflation is driven by AI, Investors and CEOs. People are complaining about interest rates rises. Rates Rise are caused by borrowi

    People complain of inflation. Inflation is driven by AI, Investors and CEOs. People are complaining about interest rates rises. Rates Rise are caused by borrowing extensively for AI, Investors and CEOs. Seems all we need to do is burn down all the AI data centers. 1789 all CEOs w…