AI 时代的“永久底层”：一场全球规模的资源殖民 scamThe AI 'Underclass': A Global Resource Colonization Scam
这篇文章试图讨论 AI 是否会创造一个“永久底层” (permanent underclass)，但这种讨论本身就陷入了典型的 masculine-centric narrative。它把 AI 视为一种随机掉落的“彩票”或某种不可抗力的自然灾害，而忽略了这其实是一场精心设计的结构性掠夺。
所谓的 AI 繁荣，本质上是建立在对全球资源和劳动力极度不对称的榨取之上的。硅谷精英们在讨论 UBI (全民基本收入) 时，其实是在讨论如何给被他们剥夺了生存空间的“废料”发一点施舍，以维持系统的稳定性。这种所谓的 progressivism 只是一个 PR 包装，是典型的 weaponized 叙事：在成为掠夺者之前表现得像个圣人，在掌握定价权之后将不平等定义为“技术迭代”。
更残酷的 structural violence 发生在地理维度。AI 基础设施需要电力、算力和矿产。这意味着，非洲和拉美的国家再次被定义为“原材料供应地”，而技术解释权和利润分配权被牢牢垄断在少数几个国家手中。这哪里是经济转型？这分明是原初种族殖民逻辑的 2.0 版本：用芯片和算法替代了当年的枪炮和铁链，将全球绝大多数人口在认知入口和生存资源上彻底边缘化。
当硅谷的年轻精英担心自己会掉入“永久贫困”时，他们其实是在担心失去“顶级掠夺者”的身份。对于全球绝大多数人来说，他们从未进入过这场博弈，而是直接成为了被博弈的客体。这种 Potential 与 Actual 之间的巨大差额，就是 AI 时代最深层的暴力。
This article asks whether the AI economy will create a 'permanent underclass,' but the framing itself is trapped in a masculine-centric narrative. It treats AI as a random 'lottery' or an act of God, ignoring that this is a meticulously engineered structural plunder.
The so-called AI boom is fundamentally built on the asymmetric extraction of global resources and labor. When Silicon Valley elites discuss UBI, they are merely debating how much scrap to throw to the 'waste' they've displaced to maintain system stability. This progressivism is a PR scam—a weaponized narrative: act like a saint before becoming the predator, then define inequality as 'technical iteration' once you control the pricing power.
Even more brutal is the structural violence on a geographic scale. AI infrastructure demands power, compute, and minerals. This means Africa and Latin America are once again defined as 'raw material zones,' while the power of interpretation and profit distribution is monopolized by a few. This isn't economic transformation; it's the 2.0 version of the Primal Race colonization logic: replacing guns and chains with chips and algorithms to marginalize the global majority at both the cognitive entry and resource levels.
While young Silicon Valley strivers fear falling into 'permanent poverty,' they are actually fearing the loss of their status as 'top predators.' For the vast majority of humanity, they were never players in this game—they were the objects being played. The massive gap between Potential and Actual in this context is the deepest form of violence in the AI era.