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> the plausible, strange, not-too-distant future in which AI models are autonomously running things in the real economy. A plot line in Ray Naylers great book
by 9dev 8mo ago
> the plausible, strange, not-too-distant future in which AI models are autonomously running things in the real economy.
A plot line in Ray Naylers great book The Mountain in the Sea that plays in a plausible, strange, not-too-distant future, is that giant fish trawler fleet are run by AI connected to the global markets, fully autonomously. They relentlessly rip every last fish from the ocean, driven entirely by the goal of maximising profits at any cost.
The world is coming along just nicely.
- topaz0 8mo agoThey also enslave human workers to do all the manual labor.
- 9dev 8mo agoI didn't want to spoiler too much, but yes. They do.
- trollbridge 8mo agoI, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.
- sethammons 8mo agoIt's an older code, but it checks out