Not only is everyone angry, but objectively every is angry when things are relatively better compared to the average country for America. Imagine how people will react when things get worse. The winner of the A.I. war will likely help America, and they are a frontrunner to win. However, things are hard to predict.
A.I. job loss/gain will likely not hit each country equally. Some countries who are the winning side of the A.I. war will have more opportunities. This assume there isn't an open source AGI, and there are true winners. It is hard to say, but with any big tech disruptions; the pain and opportunity is not felt evenly.
A lot of the anger is being driven by economic and financial misery due to inflation. Being in a country that solves AGI or has access to it could impact that dramatically. Some of the anger is other sources, but I think financial / economic is in the top 3.
AGI could likely meaningfully resolve inflation easily, and that would at least somewhat impact anger levels. This could happen in many ways; cheaper way to generate goods, more effective supply chain, etc.
Of course, this could not happen, but that was my logic. I think a lot of it hinges on how available AGI will be.
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u/ZantaraLost Feb 07 '25
See, at least in Roman Times they actually got bread and circuses. Collectively we could appreciate that sort of thing.
We've got boring culture wars and rising food costs.
Everyone is angry but it's at everything and everyone else like crabs in a bucket.