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[r/LeftistsForAI](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXwHrOzAVdjJpOhLRbJd0q0PN4LHlqczuPk0FKKHm6Q0S86V63uZIjW8fqRoIFJDtJ6uvnftk4abavhfRPj4a-fwQNl3e5lnubRgWMAIobQsKQai0j801swXKeqzPlUE_) is a growing Reddit community focused on discussing artificial intelligence through a labor, public ownership, and political-economy perspective. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXwHrOzAVdjJpOhLRbJd0q0PN4LHlqczuPk0FKKHm6Q0S86V63uZIjW8fqRoIFJDtJ6uvnftk4abavhfRPj4a-fwQNl3e5lnubRgWMAIobQsKQai0j801swXKeqzPlUE_), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESlwEB6zswFRySqlu0KpAon8-wgg4BW81JLEYxFfdFLnxhOIbIWGZjLfExfR9IWL_QekyH2pFyyHbsG7Zn5BC8ErGEoN-rqkovgs0RQVk_0wvRmpSM-oMDLJWvfQYBK-mBdOpkJZOIG8nU-2ctSNkPlMbHIXqUbfRx1ZPpUxCSJPj2qXJhgDg4QD2Hm3s2tds6y2v7rUN8ZGBO)]
Core Focus and Arguments

* Challenging Anti-AI Orthodoxy: The subreddit pushes back against mainstream leftist and progressive consensus that views AI as inherently evil, purely exploitative, or something to be banned. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESqQEB6zswFa54nKv-MqkHmNKoPuDg5gBXcCYEdVaMYCGkfgCtnsoQSJ5MeL_Oq5MmjZdyiNOPOtqqHeMFHzfpa_HkhEZtItVOX74wI5pN5Ik66Mzb3KmC32ENuRsOfbGseD1IbAX5pRBg7YXWmRhKhvXg0IG-G2mmONS4DergYi5IRseEt29uIH7qC1CGVlo3RqFiAw9amxQ_ZI8PVe43O1Yv32OrOZTOtlZB), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESogEB6zswFXXRjxQqQTVqSbqGge580zfBTg4GQPrRgOoLLNzL46PaVlXkMoge-gP6nfHOL6-zfh2KZbuAIzd4YmcYQQNH-q_bmpK5axTjb8MYP04TN44-rmYZvBH2bLCvi9Gi-TH33riKn0vAuoglwY7SwPUmFMysn7wolL2bcIDhCFR-dQ7BQSid6s21U9PlxvS3ZXwG4nJ6BK0ZjCEUsYuhIv4)]
* Marxist Theory and Automation: Moderators and contributors argue that classical Marxist theory views technology and automation as productive forces to be seized and democratized rather than abolished just because they were developed under capitalism. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESfAHrOzAVR9Il_iN5twT5MksLeoRaMWtcmX85o1lVgjy62aSU_2Gaq2kDm_f7ZGEXNnR6FvCct9gsVBjwcXhcMNNCAolyMrS_rmfCvf06IqxA5RCj9zAns7nw8JRSVn2hLCKJOcXiNt0axkn-pkLht5JtH9XJ6OmHSWzJt7w), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESqQEB6zswFa54nKv-MqkHmNKoPuDg5gBXcCYEdVaMYCGkfgCtnsoQSJ5MeL_Oq5MmjZdyiNOPOtqqHeMFHzfpa_HkhEZtItVOX74wI5pN5Ik66Mzb3KmC32ENuRsOfbGseD1IbAX5pRBg7YXWmRhKhvXg0IG-G2mmONS4DergYi5IRseEt29uIH7qC1CGVlo3RqFiAw9amxQ_ZI8PVe43O1Yv32OrOZTOtlZB)]
* Focus on Power, Not Technology: The community emphasizes targeting private capitalist power, pushing for open-source and decentralized models, and advocating for public or worker control over AI infrastructure rather than trying to outlaw the technology itself. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESmQEB6zswFVcXTSxNIOpcuUqwJFdbJZsW4XwJNctJkc5OqhuzrWYltXNQdyU4gbi0LiUlfJ2VZWYEHxd4JKF7jsiwRO3LQ9NemeA77fqI_3InDHEmBkf9INjvbFijCTKHWGrrBspJUljW0NDf3GjVD498Kclo2tZ9inH2E6a5Eif_82He7DsdbGHK-Xvo_Obmqg1jd-SLs_HpzZU), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESjQEB6zswFSt_jGN-BPuRzs5lBe8uLYz9XV5tr5-n8NahiFF_otw7ZuEv7eihRaWZsRlX6GA7qKcs_OF5gF9SD9lZxovGt3W-jWVohTRJxen0KmVUQs6-pftsXT5p1KXfP3NsgdSpotmuQCN-fLLwV2joNuffZrjcc57N-AkHMkmp5LRX2FuX-tnT6mkX0NI), [3](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESngEB6zswFfMdJRdACp2_8vVSUaFFnaCHwRtFnmcbUdSmIMOeF62C6p6YpgKoG5H-3JBdx-2zAXb-0DlSW1EJGJ-zte5YZI0gitOSOY3NNHKyeDnm3494IfsyRVkiDxTZ_YVl0JUGnYbhWjm1YCErVkDHHpylpIsfkXUFQSus7H0eaTNqOda0W1DqYXAzV65exJVntPlK4JIMhAcAin1n8g), [4](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESlwEB6zswFRySqlu0KpAon8-wgg4BW81JLEYxFfdFLnxhOIbIWGZjLfExfR9IWL_QekyH2pFyyHbsG7Zn5BC8ErGEoN-rqkovgs0RQVk_0wvRmpSM-oMDLJWvfQYBK-mBdOpkJZOIG8nU-2ctSNkPlMbHIXqUbfRx1ZPpUxCSJPj2qXJhgDg4QD2Hm3s2tds6y2v7rUN8ZGBO)]
* Topics Covered: Discussions span labor impacts, open-source models, local AI training, policy and regulation, healthcare accessibility, and how socialist or pro-lower-class movements can weaponize automation. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESmQEB6zswFVcXTSxNIOpcuUqwJFdbJZsW4XwJNctJkc5OqhuzrWYltXNQdyU4gbi0LiUlfJ2VZWYEHxd4JKF7jsiwRO3LQ9NemeA77fqI_3InDHEmBkf9INjvbFijCTKHWGrrBspJUljW0NDf3GjVD498Kclo2tZ9inH2E6a5Eif_82He7DsdbGHK-Xvo_Obmqg1jd-SLs_HpzZU), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESlwEB6zswFRySqlu0KpAon8-wgg4BW81JLEYxFfdFLnxhOIbIWGZjLfExfR9IWL_QekyH2pFyyHbsG7Zn5BC8ErGEoN-rqkovgs0RQVk_0wvRmpSM-oMDLJWvfQYBK-mBdOpkJZOIG8nU-2ctSNkPlMbHIXqUbfRx1ZPpUxCSJPj2qXJhgDg4QD2Hm3s2tds6y2v7rUN8ZGBO)]

Community Scale

* The subreddit has grown past 8,000 members.
* It frequently sparks cross-community debates with other leftist and anti-AI subreddits regarding the materialist approach to technology versus fears of job displacement and creative exploitation. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAEShgEB6zswFWHR6KMF8nGks5FRZc4kuM4YrFar6SNbIAKDfAq1RJKwA3RL8RGVbRCSFrMXc3aPHxgwAqyk3xGJ4RF3_xmtTdHgbfD4rztVO392hL2BBD0D_CZ2AKfDZsD_ElZE2Hbz_JceadRqbt9PWJmmBKOZWiAKgBFLb6QUONcqMMJPHEm94Q), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESmgEB6zswFXcp4LsjvW5Fsn306NA00G3q-Ag1m2JhAzdf57iwEW13_hZGTL9wqosrkx-wJ0ZoqVC8WZY7juN6R_lHR6zvBuexSRKvQ0O3HXF2ZojY-S6o9Q6J48dY3OKAsqkHskpYUtyOd4ARVwLLTs9CVXkI7I5yD4NlgtxL9bQ2f8f2YLkQmPi4fxm7KyaiaqSul0LGPd1NQau1), [3](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESmAEB6zswFQnSahCIg3_tcH6-4AD1CMrS63KOHKFWqAQb2GRxJd8Nuky3ce4JXrGEirEerWT47PKLr8-lIyWEaLXU7mCGC5MbcfJgsLmo8b4gTwl_zJN7ewlPsr5LMmhSNRgUJqZF3ejcnir7YGtMkXkV77R2QpCuetExyHMLY9XGOtfw0zOL8YUpsEbmsAhW675Tb13pvRLaBg), [4](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESlwEB6zswFRySqlu0KpAon8-wgg4BW81JLEYxFfdFLnxhOIbIWGZjLfExfR9IWL_QekyH2pFyyHbsG7Zn5BC8ErGEoN-rqkovgs0RQVk_0wvRmpSM-oMDLJWvfQYBK-mBdOpkJZOIG8nU-2ctSNkPlMbHIXqUbfRx1ZPpUxCSJPj2qXJhgDg4QD2Hm3s2tds6y2v7rUN8ZGBO)]

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r/LeftistsForAI: A space for leftists discussing AI from a labor, ownership, and political-economy perspective. Topics include worker impact…
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