The Future is Analog (If You Can Afford It) | TechPolicy.Press

the details of how the wealthy class enjoys more analog services is analogous to CEOs requesting all employees return to the office while the exec team continues to work remotely.

the call to action for technologists to find ways to apply AI and other systems more equitably has good intent, but perhaps the call for more equity in our society could start elsewhere, like CEO pay...

The idea of "analog privilege" describes how people at the apex of the social order secure manual overrides from ill-fitting, mass-produced Al products and services. Instead of dealing with one-size-fits-all Al systems, they mobilize their economic or social capital to get special personalized treatment. In the register of tailor-made clothes and ordering off menu, analog privilege spares elites from the reductive, deterministic and simplistic downsides of Al systems.