athelind:Something that’s been in my head for a while now:People assume that AI is inherently
athelind:Something that’s been in my head for a while now:People assume that AI is inherently an outgrowth of computer technology, but the whole point of the “programmable general purpose Von Neumann machine” is that its principles are technology-independent.We have had AI for a at least a century.Modern corporations are paperclip-maximizing AIs running in human wetware on an operating system of contracts, regulations, and other social constructs, and capable of self-programming by modifying that underlying operating system. They have partially migrated to a digital platform, which has allowed an increase in the speed with which they can assimilate environmental feedback and manipulate their surroundings (vis. high-speed trading).Late-Stage Capitalism is the Bad Singularity. -- source link
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