Automation requires active human work to organize the relinquishing of subjectivity

Evidence

It would be a mistake to think that automatization is in itself automatic. Organizing the relinquishing of political subjectivity now becomes the main task of that subjectivity itself. In this mode of domination, which proceeds by converting its orders into programs and its agents into automata, the power, already set at a distance, renders itself impossible to seize upon. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 650

Categorization

• XREF: Reverses the common assumption that automation removes human effort; connects to the reader’s interest in the twisted logic of impunity. — connects to: Scripted retail labor produces a distinct theory of selfhood — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 1202; Ethical rules for robots require human specifications of their key variables — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 676; AI researchers aim to align general-purpose systems with hard-to-specify human intentions (+11 more)

Related

• Automation that ends scarcity would force progress to change direction entirely (similarity 0.82)
• Ethical rules for robots require human specifications of their key variables (similarity 0.82)
• Machines need not be intelligent or sinisterly designed to enslave us (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Ethical rules for robots require human specifications of their key variables #corroborates (0.70) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 676
• AI researchers aim to align general-purpose systems with hard-to-specify human intentions #corroborates (0.70)
• AI alignment may require machines to pursue human objectives, not their own #corroborates (0.70) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 1167
• Ensuring AI captures human intent is now a central computer science problem #corroborates (0.65) — Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem, 65