The problem with binary systems is that there will always be a Default Delusion: if the rival side is wrong, then people assume they must be right by default.

And that is a load of self-serving hooey.

AI has become politicized and the Left in the West are trying to find any excuse to kill it, which is stupid and extremely short-sighted.

The Atlantic, which has always been partisan pabulum, has an article trying to make AI as some sort of economy killer.

In fact, the US economy would have been even worse without AI for many reasons: far from people losing jobs, AI companies were actually hiring, and of course, businesses can actually use the technology to find internal inefficiencies, generate leads, and improve productivity. AI can help people start their own businesses and it is a reat liberator.

But AI C-Suite made a tactical error: they didn’t support both the Republicans and Democrats. They hedged their bets and went with Republicans because they happened to be in power when AI began to take off as a force.

And in a binary system, the Left got their panties in a knot and decided to be anti-AI without bothering to become AI literate first as they copied each other’s talking points on social media, producing nothing but human slop.

This is very short-sighted on multiple fronts: the rest of the planet is not marching lockstep with these childish arguments: they are using AI and will leave the West in the dust, and rightfully so. They are teaching their children AI literacy. AI is not a vending machine like a search engine, and it is not all about text and image generation. Only an AI illiterate person would think it was.

Anyone who takes enterprise courses and webinars knows there is no discussion of text or image generations: corporations want to break down data silos, find more target lead generations, and remove inefficiencies. STEM can find new diseases, solve cold cases, and otherwise make scientific breakthroughs faster than before.

It is not AI that is hampering the rest of the economy: it is the Right’s over-focus on the billionaire economy at the expense of the middle class economy that is causing the problem. Stop trying to pin all your failures on technology just because you are incapable of thinking for yourself.

But the Atlantic was always about soothing sophistry for the Left. It was never about the facts or context.