A World Without People (pluralistic.net) AI

The article argues that billionaire ideology and corporate decision-making increasingly rely on a fantasy of a “world without people,” where workers, professionals, and even critics are treated as irrelevant. It claims AI is being sold as a way to bypass the ethical and expertise-based constraints that professions impose—allowing bosses to optimize for profit while displacing real human judgment in areas like healthcare, teaching, writing, and customer-facing roles. The piece frames this as solipsism: power structures want systems that won’t contradict them or require accountability, even when those systems are ineffective at the core work.