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I kind of think that we are already experiencing the fall-out from the value-alignment problem with corporations. Corporations (and the market in general) seem
by joshmarlow 9y ago
I kind of think that we are already experiencing the fall-out from the value-alignment problem with corporations. Corporations (and the market in general) seem rather good at optimizing revenue/profit - the problem is that corporate profit doesn't always align with other human values - which ties into some other comments here about disrupting human attention-span being profitable.
Perhaps work on AI goal alignment can help us build a more humane market place, or vice versa, research into macro-economics can inspire some ideas in AI goal alignment.
- Karrot_Kream 9y agoUnfortunately, I think this is because we have stopped questioning whether corporate values really do end up matching human values. I think when capitalism was seen as a competitor to communism in the Cold War era, people took a slightly more critical eye at economic systems, but now there's no competition so there's no pressure for corporate values to align.
- Danihan 9y agoCorporate values do align with human values in a free market It's just that the values and goals of many humans are unaligned with the values and goals of many other humans. Which results in a cacophonous marketplace.