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Actually I am not sure ownership of the machines, I think it is ownership of the algorithms as the machines are commodity and lose value over time.
by boringg 5y ago
Actually I am not sure ownership of the machines, I think it is ownership of the algorithms as the machines are commodity and lose value over time.
- asdff 5y agoCan you cite an algorithm that today needs to be licensed for use? All the underlying algorothms anyone is going to be using are going to be publicly available. I don't pay a severance to Markov, Poisson, or Bayes.
- mg 5y agoHard to say how this will play out. When I say "machines", I mean a combination of hardware and software. And these machines will be "machines that build machines". Including new software.
- unethical_ban 5y ago"means of production". Machines is not to be taken literally, I believe. Whether people get replaced by AI/ML/Algos for middle-management decision-making, or they get replaced by kiosks and hamburger assembly devices at a fast food hut, there will be the owners of the means of production, and there will be the newly unemployed workers. The fear expressed by the OP (and me) is over the long run, how will we keep the owners of all that capital and production from wringing out the lower 90% to the point where "snow crash" reads like a documentary?
- throwaway210222 5y ago> how will we keep the owners of all that capital and production from wringing out the lower 90%? Tax machines like you tax employees.
- sudosysgen 5y agoReally you mean tax capital. Saldy there is still the issue of control that capital would afford you in such a scenario.
- imtringued 5y agoYou mean intellectual property? It's not just the algorithms. You also need patents and the design of the machines.