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AI could enable communism, user argues, citing Hayek

A user on Mastodon has proposed a novel argument linking Friedrich Hayek's critique of communism with artificial intelligence. The argument posits that if AI's computational power surpasses human capacity to grasp complex market relations, it could potentially enable a centrally planned economy, a concept Hayek argued against. This perspective suggests a potential, albeit unconventional, pathway to a form of communism facilitated by advanced AI, a possibility the user believes is overlooked by tech enthusiasts. AI

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AI could enable communism, user argues, citing Hayek

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    okay, okay, hear me out. I've just developed an argument connecting Hayek, ai and the communism. One of the main line of Hayek's critique of communism is that c

    okay, okay, hear me out. I've just developed an argument connecting Hayek, ai and the communism. One of the main line of Hayek's critique of communism is that centrally planned economy is doomed to fail because the multitude of market relations is too complex for the human mind t…