First They Came, AI edition

See:

• First They Came (1946)

• Don’t Be A Sucker (1945)

• Automation as Colonization Wave by Robin Hanson

• Lump of labour fallacy

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I hesitated a bit before publishing this one. I’m not sure it’s ok to remix the First They Came poem like this. I do think the framing is powerful though. There’s a similar process in how fascism & automation move through society, starting with the powerless.