>AI has been trained on the generous gifts of the collective Will be interesting to see how various copyright lawsuits pan out. In some ways I hope they succee

>AI has been trained on the generous gifts of the collective Will be interesting to see how various copyright lawsuits pan out. In some ways I hope they succeed, as it would mean clawing back those gifts from an amorphous entity that would displace us (all?). In some ways I hope that we can resolve the gift problem by giving every human equity in the products produced by the collective value of the training data they produced. >winner takes it all means economic and scientific stagnation Given the apparent lack of awareness or knowledge of philosophy, history, or current events, it seems like a tough row to hoe getting the general public on board with this (correct) idea. Heck, we can't even pass a law overturning Citizens United, the importance of which is arguably even less abstract. When the tide of stupidity grows insurmountable, and The People cannot be stopped from self-harm, you get collapse, and the only way to survive it is to live within a pocket of reason, to carry the torch of civilization forward as best you can.