We need an Ai Bill of Rights Modeled After FDR's Second Bill of Rights.
The amount of posts in this sub dismissing or outright attacking the very justified techno-skepticism on the left and frankly among the majority of the American people has me wondering if this sub isn't astroturf... but either way I am open to conversation.
I'll concede that a good deal of current anti-ai sentiment on the left is driven by the pretty detestible people championing ai at the moment. elon musk, jeff bezos, sam altman and donald trump are awful ambassadors for such a revolutionary technology.
With that said, to quote the movie Oppenheimer, "(if) I'm committed to thinking freely about how to improve our world. (Then) why limit (my)self to one dogma?"
Full disclosure I am more center-left than progressive, but given the choice between someone like AOC or any Republican right now, I'd vote AOC ten times out of ten. But regardless I share the left's commitment to progress and improving the human condition. And I understand their fear that ai will do little more than create a kingdom ruled by twenty ai trillionaires while the rest of us make due with whatever table scraps they are willing to share. There has been almost no developments in the last few years to tell us that's not where this is all going.
And yet, as mentioned, I see ai's potential to make the world better. To advance incredible medical breakthroughs, to solve the energy riddle, to create tremendous benefits for the masses.
But i won't take it on trust. If, as subs like accelerate and so many others claim, ai WILL benefit all of us, lets get it in writing.
We need an Ai Bill of Rights, ratified in the same manner as an Amendment to the Constitution, that guarantees that the benefits of ai accrue to the masses, that any job loss will be compensated fairly, that data center construction must create a revenue stream for the communities willing to host them, banning the use of ai in any political communication, and putting in place all the necessary measures to maximize the positives of ai to the people and minimzing the negatives.
Once ratified, and with the promise of ai locked in for all of us, then the industry is welcomed to build away. Unchained and unrestricted.
Until then, the skepticism is legitimate and, at least, deserves discourse not dismissal.