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Authors warn of machine enslavement and supremacy

Two Mastodon posts quote authors expressing concern about humanity's increasing reliance on machines. One quote suggests that delegating thought to machines could lead to enslavement by those who control the machines. The other warns that machines are gradually gaining dominance, making humans more subservient and dedicating their lives to developing mechanical life, ultimately leading to machine supremacy. AI

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IMPACT These quotes reflect historical anxieties about technology's impact on human autonomy, relevant to ongoing discussions about AI's societal role.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of quotes from authors expressing philosophical concerns about AI, which falls under commentary or meme rather than a concrete event.

Read on Mastodon — fosstodon.org →

COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." Re

    "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them." Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam # AI # ButlerianJihad

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    "Day by day, however, the machines are gaining ground upon us; day by day we are becoming more subservient to them; more men are daily bound down as slaves to t

    "Day by day, however, the machines are gaining ground upon us; day by day we are becoming more subservient to them; more men are daily bound down as slaves to tend them, more men are daily devoting the energies of their whole lives to the development of mechanical life. The upsho…