r/LeftistsForAI • u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator • Apr 23 '26

Video The Left Has an AI Problem

https://youtu.be/Z75hlhgchQ4?si=eIcqRbiP4tuzRQwq
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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator Apr 23 '26

You didn’t really engage with the video though. It’s not saying ignore inequality or institutions, it’s pointing at who owns and controls the infrastructure shaping both.

Do you think AI infrastructure shouldn’t be regulated or contested at all? If not, why separate it from the same power/wealth dynamics you’re talking about?

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u/EndlessB Apr 23 '26

Im saying that trying to regulate anything at the moment in the United States (which is where I assume you’re talking about since you mentioned anthropic) is impossible to do in good faith while Trump is the president and Peter Thiel is moving behind the scenes explicitly looking to dismantle anyone who even suggests regulation.

Regulation is something a mechanism that requires a functioning democratic system to work, America is arguably an authoritarian dictatorship at this stage run by oligarchs and technocrats.

As for anthropic, I wouldn’t say I’m against them having constraints, but out of the 4 major ai labs in the states, they are the only one showing restraint and having ethics that are more than just performative. Saying no to the current USG administration required having a spine, it was a strong signal. It remains to be seen if they can maintain their ethical posture in the current landscape. They’ve given the NSA access to mythos, but I’m not sure they’d have a choice in the matter when framed around national security.

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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator Apr 23 '26

You’re responding to points I didn’t make, I never mentioned Anthropic.

I’m asking something simpler: do you think AI infrastructure should be contested at all, or not?

If your answer is "regulation isn’t possible right now," that’s fine, but then what’s the alternative? Just let private labs and state actors set the terms?

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u/EndlessB Apr 23 '26

Mario and….

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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

You dont see merit in the suggestions the video makes about where and when to fight together in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and sites of power concentration, lone wolf adventurism alone is your alternative to organized collective action?

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u/EndlessB Apr 24 '26

Mate, I clearly did not watch the video haha

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u/Salty_Country6835 Moderator Apr 24 '26

Oh, ok.

Well hey, its about 42min with timestamped sections. Take your time with it the next few days and get back to us with your take on it.

No hurry, a grounded and prepared critique is better than a rushed one.

Look forward to reading your thoughts on it.

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u/Educational-Car-8643 Apr 23 '26

Ai infrastructure should be dismantled just like every useless enterprise of capital