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The statement "The most terrifying fact about blockchains is rogue AIs you can't switch off" is absurd on the face of it, but as you dig into it, the laughabili
by SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
The statement "The most terrifying fact about blockchains is rogue AIs you can't switch off" is absurd on the face of it, but as you dig into it, the laughability of it just grows. Stay off twitter when you're high, kids.
Actually terrifying things about blockchains: The environmental cost of the proof of work; the sheer quantity of grift and fraud on them; the way that supposedly clever people get swept up in evangelising this useless thing. The oxygen that it's sucking out of the room by people wasting time and effort and publicity on it.
And not "oh no, what if we forget how to turn off computers" plus "what if AI, but not anything like the AI that we have".
- eimrine 6y agoBitcoin is like coronavirus, it will not disappear until ALL running instances disappear.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y agoSo? they'll all be turned off after people lose interest.
- eimrine 6y agoIt's like saying we're going to suffocate right now because all the oxygen molecules will run away a mile away. Possible, but too little of probability.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y agoYou are a gibberish merchant. Turning of computers that are no longer required are are merely costing electricity is normal procedure. Your oxygen analogy is loony.
- eimrine 6y agoPeople will NEVER lose interest in a trustless ledger, because it is impossible having 100% citizens who trust banks and govts and feel free with giant fees while sending money abroad. My oxygen analogy is not so crazy, there was some deathes like this under certain circumstances.
- SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago> People will NEVER lose interest in a trustless ledger Not even wrong. Most people never had interest in it in the first place. And even among those who do, it's of no utility in and of itself, only in what it can or can't enable. They will lose interest when the answer is "nothing". I mean, you sound like a religious preacher. It's sad.
- eimrine 6y agoThere is nothing wrong in your words from my point of view. But saying that no one needs some achievement of Science is not an interesting discussion.