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[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People in the US are already mad at US AI companies, from job losses to supercharged surveillance to automated warfare. You have to be pretty disconnected to think a little China scaremongering is the answer to such reactions.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure people in SV are living in a their own world that has little to do with the broad economic reality in the US. I mean just look at exhibit A here https://xcancel.com/WallStreetApes/status/2050069324178788629?s=20

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Each region would die on a hill denying this, but both Hollywood and SV are very similar. Both require a bit of delusion to sell a product (movie, SaaS, etc) to a small group of investors before anything can exist, investors who try to numerically diversify their portfolios, a stream of bright-eyed fresh-faced ~~fodder~~ people coming to town with hopes and dreams of making it big^[Some actually do make it while most don't. Those that do LinkedIn-spire more fresh-faced talent into the meat grinder], and finally all of it is run by an army of burnt-out underpaid workers both in and out of The Industry.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago

oh yeah, the whole US economy is smoke and mirrors at the end of the day