Cause otherwise midterms discussion will be scattered around a bunch of separate Culture War thread posts. And it's nice to have more off-the-cuff rapid reactions in a dedicated megathread.
The first thing I've noticed so far: if the exit polls are correct, Americans are very pessimistic about AI.
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IMO this isn't a complete take. Material needs like these certainly exist, but I think the real crisis is that happiness isn't really related to them. I don't feel qualified to speak for the entire human condition, but people want to feel valued, and that is much harder than "3 hots and a cot". I don't think NEET-dom is the pinnacle of existence, but at the same time some jobs really do suck and we'd be better off mechanizing them.
Everyone wants to make lattes on the commune, but automated baristas exist, but we still have humans driving trash trucks. Maybe our AI overlords can fix that, but how do we build a world with meaning for everyone?
Yes, people want to feel valued, but I'm sure the majority would still be happier with more leisure time. If we achieve UBI and automated everything, I'm sure many people would still work e.g. as baristas and artists, and others would order from them, because we desire human connection - and that would be enough for most.
People even want shape the world to their image, which is fine...but everyone has a different idea, most of them cancel out, and the remainder differ from my image (and yours), so we should dedicate some effort to common goals. Right now it seems like the economy is sliding backwards, in contrast to the majority of history, and current/aspiring like Trump (and the IDPOL left, like Hasan at least from what I've heard of him) appear to be almost pure conflict theory.
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