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William Gibson called, I believe he wishes to discuss a new novel with you. But seriously while amazing in potential, having semi-intelligent contracts running
by elcritch 9y ago
William Gibson called, I believe he wishes to discuss a new novel with you.
But seriously while amazing in potential, having semi-intelligent contracts running around indefinitely would eventually have to cause havoc. Either by the “Paperip Maximizer” effect [1] or just having a huge weight dragging down the economy from accruing smart contracts.
1: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer
- philsnow 9y agoDaniel Suarez wrote it already. Check out Daemon https://amzn.com/0451228731 https://amzn.com/0451228731 .
- GCU-Empiricist 9y agoYes, though if I understood things correctly that one had the option to add capabilities using fmri vetted coders.
- dsnuh 9y agoSeconded! And also the sequel, Freedom. The basic premise of the story seems entirely plausible in the near future to me.
- nyolfen 9y agoor an unregulatable and opaque shadow economy