Should You Be Worried About AI Technocracy?
First, what even is technocracy? Technocracy is a century-old alternative political and governmental system which adheres to the belief that unelected scientists and engineers are the people best suited to govern on behalf of the rest of humanity. It is a modern re-hashing of Plato’s rule by philosopher-kings, in effect, but where the technocratic rulers are supposed to always follow “science” and have that be…