The laborers'realistic dilemma in the age of artificial intelligence and its countermeasures
Artificial intelligence(or AI),as the core driving force of the fourth industrial revolution,has transformed the way of labor,promoted a great increase in labor productivity,triggered a major change in the economic structure,and profoundly altered the way of human production and life and the way of thinking.At the same time,we should also be so-berly aware that,as an intelligent machine,the widespread application of artificial intelligence has improved the organic composition of capital,enhanced the proliferation capacity of capital,and is a powerful means for capital to pursue sur-plus value.Under the control of capital,artificial intelligence has not only failed to change the status of workers,but has become a new means of strengthening the exploitation of workers.Currently,workers are facing a series of practical di-lemmas caused by the replacement of labor by artificial intelligence,such as unemployment crisis caused by technological bias,widening gap between rich and poor caused by"intelligence gap",and intensified social inequality caused by the lack of relevant legal policies.Artificial intelligence itself does not cause these dilemmas,and the root cause of these problems is the profit-seeking nature of capital.Marx pointed out that we should distinguish between machines and capi-talist applications of machines.Therefore,we should also distinguish between artificial intelligence and its capitalist ap-plication,fundamentally restrict the disorderly development of capital,avoid the monopoly of capital on artificial intelli-gence.We should also stimulate the technological dividends of artificial intelligence,and avoid technological unemploy-ment of workers.We should advocate the socialist application of artificial intelligence,systematically promote the healthy and orderly development of artificial intelligence.We should strengthen coordination and cooperation among countries,promote the construction of relevant laws and systems.We should also care about the rights and interests of workers,and focus on improving the social security system in the era of artificial intelligence.
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