Cowbee

False consiousness is about misinterpreting reality, it isn't a synonym of AI. False consciousness is a human condition, when humans, for example, accept idealist analysis rather than dialectical materialist. These are not at all the same subject, and, ironically, you are closer to displaying false consciousness by trying to link it to AI than AI is to false consciousness.

I actually have, AI generated photos can take similar roles as stock photos, or other such visual imagery valued more for its informational basis than artistic. There are other uses.

My point has been consistent throughout, a state wielding its power is authoritarian, but that can be a good thing. Labeling oneself as "anti-authoritarian" is usually a thought-terminating cliché to oppose socialists that support the use of the state against the bourgeoisie.

No, I'm a communist. Liberals do not oppose conservatives. They have disagreements, but ultimately agree on the most major aspects of how an economy should function, ie based on private property rights and capitalism.

Not true either. AI has some use cases, but it isn't an omni-applicable tech either. This binary, either-or, black/white thinking of yours is heavily idealist in nature.

The PRC generally follows the latter model you describe. Recall elections are possible, and there are different "rungs" that are directly accountable to lower rungs. Politicians have to work their way up the rungs in order to increase their scope of decisionmaking, if they break that trust they fall back down the ladder. Part of Xi Jinping's campaign that brought him immense popularity among the people was purging of opportunists that held comfortable positions throughout the 90s and 2000s.

Going back to the "rung" model, there are townships, county, provincial, and central governments. Townships are the lowest level and most direct, and each county is made up of many townships, each province many counties, and all provinces under central. This direct line from bottom to top means the legitimacy at the top is laddered upward, while allowing those who have proven themselves to operate from the top back downward. Their legitimacy and accountability is maintained through that unbroken chain.

i would define socialism as public ownership of the means of production. where “public” means “of the people” and ownership means “having meaningful control of”.

I would say that, based on my previous paragraphs and answers, the PRC absolutely qualifies. I think if we are merely disagreeing about vibes, then we are abstracting away from the material base in a way that is counter-productive to discussion.

Nah, it wouldn't save me any effort. I know exactly what I want to say, and trying to twist a chatbot into saying what I want it to would be more effort.

Would be nice if phones from PRC-based companies weren't so legislated against in the US Empire. I think OnePlus isn't as blacklisted from bands as Xiaomi or Huawei, so that might be the direction I head, but for now it seems safest to just go for a used Pixel and throw GrapheneOS on it, unfortunately.

I'm not defensive, though. Whether I state that I used a chatbot or not is something I can definitively say, there's nothing moral about it. Just like I didn't use a hammer to type this comment. Again, I don't really get what your central point is.

Would be nice...

This is another weird thing, why are you insisting I use chatbots?

I'm not mad at anything, just confused at why you're putting in the effort for this.