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Computers have scale benefits that no human has. An industrial controller can control all the machines in a factory all at once, and make them move faster than
by Karrot_Kream 4y ago
Computers have scale benefits that no human has. An industrial controller can control all the machines in a factory all at once, and make them move faster than a human can react. A script can send out communications to hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of humans at once. A machine controlling door locks in a building can lock every door at once. No human can compete. It's unclear to me why art generation is unique in this regard unless there's a human status-quo bias at play. I'm increasingly inclined to think that it's ennui over the fact that creative work isn't unique anymore and can be automated, a reality that many laborers have already dealt with and accepted.
One of the computer's "super powers" is its ability to run at scale.
- candiodari 4y agoI think more and more humans are seeing this as a serious disadvantage that creates an ever greater asymmetry between companies and humans. The most egregious example is spam, but these days almost every large company communication essentially uses this "scale advantage". Very few people are happy with that. Therefore, if there was some way to eliminate this sort of advantage, especially for very large organisations like the government, that would be excellent.