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There’s something similar about: the Web2 revolution of Uber, AirBNB etc. the Web3 revolution of exchanges, memecoins, etc. the AI revolution of ChatGPT, Dif
by EGreg 3y ago
There’s something similar about:
the Web2 revolution of Uber, AirBNB etc.
the Web3 revolution of exchanges, memecoins, etc.
the AI revolution of ChatGPT, Diffusion, etc.
Namely that they claim that, by using a new type of technology to organize information, they are not subject to the previous protections and regulations that made things expensive. They can cut costs for the consumer, but also remove all the protections that were in place for producers.
It is, in a way, the tech industry’s embrace of unregulated capitalism and cutting things down to one engineer per million users - to enrich shareholders, perhaps at the expense of wider society’s “productive” class.
The result is interesting because it is more efficient afterwards and better for the consumer. But the producers are basically exploited … Amazon wage slaves, the gig economy, the many people thanklessly reviewing problematic posts, and in this case the armies of “human grunts” labeling things so the software can seem “more magic”. Pay no attention to the MEN AND WOMEN behind the curtain
https://futurism.com/the-byte/reddit-demands-payments-ai-trained https://futurism.com/the-byte/reddit-demands-payments-ai-tra...
It would be interesting to have a MollyWhite-type AIisgoinggreat blog about how people are valued less in the next few years.
- senttoschool 3y agoPlease don't compare web 2.0 and AI to "web3". The term "web3" was used because crypto bros wanted some legitimacy for all their scams.
- namaria 3y agoAirBnB is wrecking housing markets worldwide and Uber is a capital sink funded by petrodollars. What sort of legitimacy can they claim besides having grown enormously? The whole "greed is good" shtick from the 80s did a number on society...