Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/11/ai-absolutism-apocalyptic-future

What all these divergently apocalyptic ideas hold in common is their AI absolutism – a way of seeing AI as a godlike force that will either hasten a golden age of productivity and innovation, or will doom humanity. It mirrors the political polarization of our era and even the zealotry found in religious fanaticism. This is by design. Contradictory as they may be, all these arguments and anxieties fit neatly into the overarching message of the people building this technology: AI’s dominance is inevitable. Get on board or you will be left behind. The robber barons of our age stand to profit wildly from not only enthusiasm about their star product, but also, the terror of it.

LLMs will be relegated to local GPUs as they should have always been once everyone realizes you will never make a profit like this. If man ever makes its own sentience, it will come from something completely new, not Turing complete.

upheaval may open the way for a resurgence in worker power as white-collar workers begin to see the appeal of solidarity, whether with colleagues in their office or workers in the blue-collar world.

Lol! Excuse me if I don't hold my breath.

realizes you will never make a profit like this.

It's not about profit. AI is a weapon - a tool of control. It doesn't have to make any profits.

Too bad the entire human species has been mutated into this profit generating machine. So it has to turn a profit or it will bankrupt even its supposed benefactors. The rules can be largely bent, but the math can only be shuffled around for so long.

When in reality AI isn’t anywhere near as powerful or devastating as its made out to be. Just another excuse to squeeze money out of the working class and destroy our will to live.

Balanced discourse! Imagine that.

I'm so tired of being unable to voice any sort of nuanced opinion about AI without immediately being relegated to the opposite of whichever camp the reader is in.