> so we will make everyone equal by law and politics
I hope you mean that we will treat everyone as though they were equal, not attempt to make them equal by government-enforced handicapping.
I hope you mean that we will treat everyone as though they were equal, not attempt to make them equal by government-enforced handicapping.
[1] https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-Democr...
[1] your comment on Azov - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31040694
Are you against the ADA? The ADA forces companies to accommodate the disabled at a cost.
"Oh dear, Poor John there was born without a left leg. Alright, everyone else line up in front of the man with a meat cleaver"
That’s a grossly capitalist exploitative viewpoint which overlooks hidden power structures to excuse any degree of inequality. Any difference whatsoever between anybody can be traced back to hidden power structures, and to deny this is fascism and morally equivalent to the January 6 toppling of our democracy and also slavery, which founded our nation in 1619.
It’s time for a discussion of alternatives to the engine of inequality called capitalism. You see, when I buy something from you, we are both exploited in ways we know not, because they are hidden.
The more you know…
My point is that the government in fact does this via legislation (the ADA), are you willing to argue against it to remain consistent?
The base claim was that after reading JasonFruit's comment with the interpretation I had, your own comment seemed like a tangent.
Now, which of us interpreted his comment correctly? I have no idea.
Neither was I attempting to pass comment on the badness/goodness of ADA.
Anyways, have a good day sir!
If you ask me specifically, the extent is that everyone should have equal active participation in government and suffer no overwhelming pressure, physical, economic or otherwise from other people. Equality so that we can be free. This is more that we tend to have, but not necessarily in the "socialist" direction I think.
To tie it back from an offtopic, this would make many AGI applications uneconomic, though likewise many enterprises are uneconomic if you have to pay your labor. Perhaps free societies, wherever they would be, would have the advantage of having free artificial minds acting in their actual self-interest, and not just serving their masters. You can see similar dynamic in late-18th century revolutionary wars.
There would still be good reasons to do AGI, and free artificial minds would be able to contribute greatly to society. But sufficient AI alignment to make existing systems comfortable with this is fundamentally counter to AI rights.