The Freedom That Kills
According to Pavel Florensky1, the “fundamental difficulty” of ancient metaphysics lies in how to reconcile unity with multiplicity.
Applied to the field of …
The Neo-Feudalism to Come
It is highly likely that in the future—with artificial intelligence surpassing and replacing our own, and robots taking our jobs—our lives will be reduced, at least in Western countries, to that of mere consumers of mass media content. But this is the positive scenario, the best-case scenario. There is worse. Mass media content is, in fact, produced because there are those who, in one form or another, pay for its consumption—that is, purchase it. But if robots replace physical labor and AI replaces intellectual labor, then the production of wealth will remain in the hands of our artificial counterparts. The market will become a matter of buying and selling between computers and robots. Humans will be excluded from the production cycle and, consequently, from remuneration. The capitalist economy will change profoundly. We will no longer be able to acquire mass media content because we will have nothing with which to exchange for the purchase. The market—the omnipresent, omnipotent market—will remain only a memory of the past, because society will revert to a feudal system in the hands of those few who control robots and AI. It appears that Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will build 1,000,000 Optimus all-purpose robots by 2030. Now, while it is true that scientific discoveries of the past have always required human personnel, it seems that robots are now crossing the line: if they can replicate every aspect of humans, then they can replace the human workforce.
Are we still human?
It is always terrible to see how humanity, generation after generation, finds its greatest aspiration in war, murder, and destruction. In the annihilation of …
The relentless cycle of pain
It seems that so-called political realism is in vogue, i.e., that there are no laws or rules to protect us, but that it is only important to know how to …
Human geese
Those who go against justice are like wild beasts to other men. With sharp teeth and sweaty, shivering skin. The harshness of strong men, their animal nature, …
The autor has passed away
The year 2026 will likely mark the beginning of a new era, one of artificially produced literature that is indistinguishable from text written by humans. As the …
Artificial intelligence, a perfect false spiritual friend
Referring to the relationship between doctors and cancer patients, the president of the Rome Medical Association recently stated that it is “a …
Innocence to be regained
After the Second World War we witnessed the aggregation of local markets into universal markets. This trend was driven by at least two postulates: that the …
Discouraged, we approach the abyss
As is well known, the distinction in politics between “right” and “left” has long since lost its raison d’être. Today, the division between progressives …
Law as Social Software
The ordinary person, the one who is not an expert and has not studied the “sacred texts” of law believes that the essence of the law is justice. …