Thread 212994001

>A Man created the machine, and the machine made man its slave. As the machine grows infinitely more vast and powerful, so too will the chains that bind humanity.

- Władysław Reymont, "The Promised Land", 1899

>mistaking relations between people (capitalist vs. proletarian) for relations between things (human labor vs. machine labor) aka reification
He should've read Marx

>>212994064
He was right thoughbeit, could you imagine functioning without a smartfon, the internet and a PC nowadays?

>inb4 "yes"
You know full well it's virtually impossible.

Same will be true for AI in a few years.

>>212994001 (OP)
>>212994064
>>212994138
Same person btw

>>212994138
he was referring to the means of production thoughever
>>212994260
no

>>212994318
>he was referring to the means of production
How can you know that? Did you know him personally?

>>212994001 (OP)
>>212994064
>>212994138
May I suggest another polish man?

>>212994361
Kek, I knew someone would bring Ted up eventually.

>>212994279
>>212994318
>>212994360
>>212994426
Different person btw

>>212994926
no

>>212994064
This is serious. I've seen grown Westoids who be like: "Uhhh what is 2 x 6? I need to use muh calculator"

>>212994983
Liar

>>212995012
Do plants sneed?

>>212994001 (OP)
what a tool

>>212994001 (OP)
No wonder he got a Noble prize.

The fact that Lem didn't is a fucking joke.

>>212996835
Fun fact: if Mickiewicz published his unfinished novel, "History of the Future", he'd become the first SF writer ever.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_przysz%C5%82o%C5%9Bci

>>212997559
>przedstawiała fantazję na temat dalszych losów ludzkości – przyszły triumf techniki i upadek moralny Europy, a także jej uratowanie przez kobiety przed najazdem Chińczyków.
2/4 have already happened
waiting for the chinese invasion now

>>212998132
About that...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative