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Yeah that's the same one I was thinking of. It's a pretty far out theory but is nonetheless extremely interesting. The part of this that is incomplete from an i
by abvdasker 9y ago
Yeah that's the same one I was thinking of. It's a pretty far out theory but is nonetheless extremely interesting. The part of this that is incomplete from an implementation standpoint is creating an algorithm that can fully digitally manage a business entity without human intervention. In general though I think we are much closer than anyone thinks to seeing the first fully autonomous corporation (though the first one will likely be pretty rudimentary and more of a toy than anything else).
- fyi1183 9y agoI think you may be missing the more interesting point. Corporations can be seen as non-human intelligences that emerge from the structure of the corporation together with the incentives of is environment. In that view, the humans inside the corporation are like individuals neurons of a larger brain. The whole is more than the sum of its parts, and its incentives and actions are often not aligned with those of its parts, i.e., the humans. The brain/neuron analogy is not a perfect description, because in order to function towards is potentially anti-human goals, the corporation must essentially bribe a small number of humans who are critical to its function. But this only goes so far: CEOs and other executives are well compensated, but they are easily replaced if they pose a serious threat to the goals of the corporation. I think the argument is very compelling that today's AI Doomsday prophets are seriously missing the point, and we're actually already largely being ruled by hostile or at least indifferent non-human intelligences. It's the old sci-fi trope that if an intelligence is too alien, you might not even recognize it as one.