2026-09-19 04:03 UTC
The biggest risk I see is Idiocracy. Like, the movie.
Business workers become afraid to do or propose anything withoutqrh AI signoff. Retail & service workers are told to do what the AI says, the way the AI says to do it, or get fired.
Technology innovator Marshall Brain (RIP) wrote a book in the early 2000s about an AI called “Manna” designed to replace fast food managers:
web.archive.org/web/20201204080050/…/manna1
The AI just talks in your ear all day: “Empty one bag of fries into the fryer. You have 6.5 minutes, switch to the sandwich station. Make one Big Burger: grab one patty from the 1/4 pound bin and place it on the griddle… … The fries are ready, turn around and lift them into the drain hopper…”
All day, every day, exactly 8 hours plus mandatory breaks, employees on autopilot listening on ear buds.
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@treadful@lemmy.zip 2026-09-19 04:56
All day, every day, exactly 8 hours plus mandatory breaks, employees on autopilot listening on ear buds. Living under a bridge in a box sounds like a better life.
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@tachikoma@lemmy.today 2026-09-20 04:59
Ahhh one of my favorites. The Iron Sarcophagus of Bureaucracy. I saw a funny video of an example. But I cannot remember the name for it. I tried searching for it once but failed. The conficlt was about some dude that exploded. How topical, I wager I could use AI to find the video. 😏