Wow, the discussion of those 'productivity spurts' from GPTs really got me thinking. It's fascinating how technology constantly breaks the old rules. Do you see AI as another one of these escape hatches, or is it a different beast entirely? So insightful!
I appreciate the importance you give to institutions. However, I don’t see AI institutions making serious efforts to distribute opportunities. Most seem locked in a power race, competing for control over technologists and prioritizing profit above all else. That dynamic could harm society in many ways: from job displacement and ecological strain to wealth concentration, military applications, and an even tighter merger between corporate and political interests.
I love AI and machine learning! the way knowledge is processed through matrices and vectors feels like touching the laws of nature and physics themselves. But human greed risks turning this incredible breakthrough into the foundation of a dystopian, sci-fi-like society.
I’m talking about algorithms replacing institutions. Read my older article about using information networked AI agents that use bottom up data aggregation for hierarchical network communication of supply and demand to use algorithms to match logistics via mimicking market dynamics. Mmm. Can’t remember which article it was. Either the first UBC one (very conceptual) or the token-pegging article. I need to draft a system architecture graph to explain this conceptually I think. This should work for distributed, decentralized resource allocation. For political institutions and legal institutions, I’m still uncertain how these should be algorithmically constructed because I have become wary of direct democracy and would need to figure out what the right form of algorithmic system architecture would be best for a balance of power to not be over-concentrated while also not being negligently vulnerable. So, I can’t speak for every kind of institution, but I’ve figured out how to approach resource allocation that’s bottom-up rather than government top-down UBI that would be inherently neo-feudalist… Hayek’s warning wrt road to serfdom.
Power is hard to discern who is worthy of the responsibility to wield it. Few. We need some ongoing process. I know less of politics and governance. I’ve been focused primarily on the economics.
Wow, the discussion of those 'productivity spurts' from GPTs really got me thinking. It's fascinating how technology constantly breaks the old rules. Do you see AI as another one of these escape hatches, or is it a different beast entirely? So insightful!
Yes but AI alone I do not think will take us all the way. We will need automation/robotics/agentics as welll
I appreciate the importance you give to institutions. However, I don’t see AI institutions making serious efforts to distribute opportunities. Most seem locked in a power race, competing for control over technologists and prioritizing profit above all else. That dynamic could harm society in many ways: from job displacement and ecological strain to wealth concentration, military applications, and an even tighter merger between corporate and political interests.
I love AI and machine learning! the way knowledge is processed through matrices and vectors feels like touching the laws of nature and physics themselves. But human greed risks turning this incredible breakthrough into the foundation of a dystopian, sci-fi-like society.
I’m talking about algorithms replacing institutions. Read my older article about using information networked AI agents that use bottom up data aggregation for hierarchical network communication of supply and demand to use algorithms to match logistics via mimicking market dynamics. Mmm. Can’t remember which article it was. Either the first UBC one (very conceptual) or the token-pegging article. I need to draft a system architecture graph to explain this conceptually I think. This should work for distributed, decentralized resource allocation. For political institutions and legal institutions, I’m still uncertain how these should be algorithmically constructed because I have become wary of direct democracy and would need to figure out what the right form of algorithmic system architecture would be best for a balance of power to not be over-concentrated while also not being negligently vulnerable. So, I can’t speak for every kind of institution, but I’ve figured out how to approach resource allocation that’s bottom-up rather than government top-down UBI that would be inherently neo-feudalist… Hayek’s warning wrt road to serfdom.
Power is hard to discern who is worthy of the responsibility to wield it. Few. We need some ongoing process. I know less of politics and governance. I’ve been focused primarily on the economics.