A robot breaking a half-marathon record made headlines. But that was a sideshow. The real story is robots storming enemy positions in Ukraine, AI creeping into decision-making, and tech titans racing to profit from machines they openly admit could threaten human existence.
Marx warned that capitalism would devour its children. iPINIONS contends he never imagined humans would build the bots to finish the job.
See my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/marx-was-wrong-humans-are-creating
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