There need not be material differences if there are sufficient differences in scale. Of course we already rely on algorithmic black boxes, in fact I'd argue tha

There need not be material differences if there are sufficient differences in scale. Of course we already rely on algorithmic black boxes, in fact I'd argue that we have been relying on algorithmic black boxes since before we had computers (we just call them "traditions" instead). But if a technology like neural nets expands the applicability by a sufficient margin, the resulting societal change can be huge.