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Companies are AI. http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/companies_are_ai.html http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/companies_are_ai.html

by qznc 4y ago

hansjorg 4y ago
More like complex organisms existing within and alongside other massive complex organisms. Nothing artificial about it?
- etiennebausson 4y ago
  Bacteria, either symbiotic or not. Some are outright cancerous growth, though. Then again, my opinion on organized religion is the same, without the symbiotic aspect.
- robotresearcher 4y ago
  Companies are technology. People invented them to do work.
corney91 4y ago
Ted Chiang has made a similar comparison, pointing out that corporations seem incapable of insight, much like the feared AI that might destroy the world: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tedchiang/the-real-danger-to-civilization-isnt-ai-its-runaway https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tedchiang/the-real-dang...
checkyoursudo 4y ago
If companies, then why not clubs, teams, cities, nations, the earth? There is a certain amount of intelligence, sure, or so it seems. Collective intelligence, or maybe a hivemind though that seems a step too far, seems like a closer description than AI. From TFA, I'm not sure I actually agree that 'we can certainly agree that companies are "artificial" in the sense that humans made them' is the fundamental aspect of what 'artificial' means in terms of AI. I would argue that artificial here means more like artifact rather than simply human-made. Companies are not embodied in any artifact, whereas I think AI will surely have to be. Companies are diffuse and reliant upon actual humans to do the thinking, even if no single human "thinks" for the company. AI will rather be intelligence that is not natural and embodied in an artifact (and probably made by humans). Or many artifacts, as there could be collective AI as well. Anyway, interesting idea. I'll have to think more about it.

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Companies are AI. http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/companies_are_ai.html http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/companies_are_ai.html

by qznc 4y ago

Companies are AI. http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/companies_are_ai.html http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/companies_are_ai.html

hansjorg 4y ago
More like complex organisms existing within and alongside other massive complex organisms. Nothing artificial about it?
- etiennebausson 4y ago
  Bacteria, either symbiotic or not. Some are outright cancerous growth, though. Then again, my opinion on organized religion is the same, without the symbiotic aspect.
- robotresearcher 4y ago
  Companies are technology. People invented them to do work.
corney91 4y ago
Ted Chiang has made a similar comparison, pointing out that corporations seem incapable of insight, much like the feared AI that might destroy the world: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tedchiang/the-real-danger-to-civilization-isnt-ai-its-runaway https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tedchiang/the-real-dang...
checkyoursudo 4y ago
If companies, then why not clubs, teams, cities, nations, the earth? There is a certain amount of intelligence, sure, or so it seems. Collective intelligence, or maybe a hivemind though that seems a step too far, seems like a closer description than AI. From TFA, I'm not sure I actually agree that 'we can certainly agree that companies are "artificial" in the sense that humans made them' is the fundamental aspect of what 'artificial' means in terms of AI. I would argue that artificial here means more like artifact rather than simply human-made. Companies are not embodied in any artifact, whereas I think AI will surely have to be. Companies are diffuse and reliant upon actual humans to do the thinking, even if no single human "thinks" for the company. AI will rather be intelligence that is not natural and embodied in an artifact (and probably made by humans). Or many artifacts, as there could be collective AI as well. Anyway, interesting idea. I'll have to think more about it.