“I tend to think that most fears about A.I. are best understood as fears about capitalism. And I think that this is actually true of most fears of technology, too. Most of our fears or anxieties about technology are best understood as fears or anxiety about how capitalism will use technology against us. And technology and capitalism have been so closely intertwined that it’s hard to distinguish the two.”
Ted Chiang
@BartWronski True but the statement is incomplete if we don't state that most innovations in tech would not exist because the sole purpose of these innovations is to gain productivity to increase margins for stakeholders.
@BartWronski Would tech exist in an anticapitalist system? Probably, but innovation rate would be lower, as it would be more difficult to get ROI, because innovations would serve the common good, not personal interests.
We need regulations. Now.
@borisschapira @BartWronski I am wholly convinced that innovation would much *increase* in an anticapitalist environment, looking at how much innovation is killed off because there's no obvious path to 'monetization'.
The innovation doesn't come from money. It comes from people *wanting* to innovate, and making sure that nothing gets in their way to do so.
@borisschapira @BartWronski (To clarify: when I say "anticapitalist environment", I mean an environment where one does not have to hold a job and spend their time/energy on someone else's priorities to survive, which is the thing that inhibits innovation here)