> "The basic problem that left leaning politics are refusing to address is that the above were radical propositions. Schools, libraries, social housing, public transit, were all things that were fundamentally subversive.."

Subversive to what? A winner-take-all, might-makes-right feudal mindset?

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lacy_tinpot 14 hours ago | parent [-]

It was subversive to the ruling class, and the politics of that time. Schools for example made books accessible to everyone, where only 'elites' had access to them before. Thereby leveling the playing field.

A left leaning politics of today might actually ask for more compute or intelligence to be accessible to all.

Nationalizing or demanding a democratized project for frontier level intelligence that's easily accessible to all Americans, for example might be an idea.

This would be in direct competition with frontier labs that are all closed source and heavily funded. It would give access to people otherwise gated due to monetary reasons. And further give individual American an opportunity to participate in a coming social/technological transformation.

	▲	jazz3k 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"Schools for example made books accessible to everyone, where only 'elites' had access to them before" This had more to do with giving people knowledge and was very inexpensive. We now have the Internet, which allows for the masses to meet, protest, and be subversive. The only thing threatening our freedoms is Left-leaning politics that have already taken over countries like the UK. I've been following left-leaning politics my whole life. It always starts out wanting freedoms for all. When they actually get power, step 1 is finding ways to censor dissenting viewpoints. "A left leaning politics of today might actually ask for more compute or intelligence to be accessible to all." This involves taking from the people that are providing these resources and giving it to the masses, by force (called the government). I don't really see how they are the same. "This would be in direct competition with frontier labs that are all closed source and heavily funded. It would give access to people otherwise gated due to monetary reasons. And further give individual American an opportunity to participate in a coming social/technological transformation." I can get access to the near-latest LLMs for less than $100/month. Everyone I know is already using some form of LLM at work or has access to it. I'm unsure what your proposal will solve, when it's already so accessible. A very small percentage of people have the knowledge or desire to use agentic AI. This sounds like a solution in need of a problem.