One view of this is that AI is ideologically very attractive to the bourgeoisie, beyond just some potential superprofits, because it makes possible a false class consciousness that is superior to the old one. It moves the prospect of the bourgeoisie "winning the class war" from an abstract theoretical impossibility to a practical impossibility, which is way easier to handwave away. For this purpose, the actual reality of the software matters less than the idea of it.
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Did you know the main creative and/or inventor behind this big thing only got paid for the job they did, and became famous, but they didn't get to join the exploiters? It's so messed up how they are only very wealthy instead of disgustingly rich.
As a father, you ask me what am I willing to give up in my child's school, for protection? Everything.
yeah okay cool
I am using a conception of class consciousness that includes the class in question understanding of what they objectively need to do to end their class conflicts permanently. This is impossible for the bourgeoisie, but it does not stop them from trying.
Currently, some of the beliefs that fulfill this role are ✨Progress✨ towards such abundance that the working class is permanently contented, or that systems other than liberal democracies are simply impossible now. These take considerable effort to believe in.
AI offers another solution where comparatively simple technological progress, through a "singularity" or in a more traditional way, can replace workers gradually but completely. There is no reason to believe this, but I claim the leap of faith required is qualitatively different.