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Of all the concepts Marx develops there which seem most likely to cause incredible human suffering, we only have space for the sparknotes: the division of labor into increasingly mindless and repetitive tasks, the law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall (and the corresponding falling value of our labor), and the ever-repeating cycle of economic crises (which are not "extenuating circumstances" of capitalism but a fundamental part of how it operates).
The Joy of Putting the Gun Down
keweenawspear.com
According to the sources, the army knew that the minimal human supervision in place would not discover these faults. “There was no ‘zero-error’ policy. Mistakes were treated statistically,” said a source who used Lavender. “Because of the scope and magnitude, the protocol was that even if you don’t know for sure that the machine is right, you know that statistically it’s fine. So you go for it.”
‘Lavender’: The AI Machine Directing Israel’s Bombing Spree in Gaza
Amjad Iraqi
The democracy of riot squads, corrupt politicians, magnate-controlled newspapers and the surveillance state looks as phony and fragile as East Germany did thirty years ago.
PostCapitalism
Paul Mason
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