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Alright sorry if I was unclear. I wasn't saying that you specifically claimed companies are evil. But there is a general sentiment / understanding that companie
by streetfighter64 6d ago
Alright sorry if I was unclear. I wasn't saying that you specifically claimed companies are evil. But there is a general sentiment / understanding that companies are (being used as a tool for) doing evil things in general. I suppose whether you think that companies are (being used for) doing more good than bad is a different question, so let's not get bogged down in that.
My point however is that companies have no agency of their own. Their age doesn't really matter for that. There are guns that are older than all living people too. If somebody used a flintlock pistol to go around robbing people that wouldn't make the pistol a "godlike eternal entity". Or for that matter if somebody used a 200 year old shovel to create a really nice garden (in the case you believe companies are a net positive).
- amai 6d agoSo you are saying a company is basically a tool, like a shovel? But AIs are also tools like shovels, they have no agency on their own. Adding an AI to a company makes sense. It is an additional tool.
- streetfighter64 6d agoI wouldn't know anything about that. My point is that this is a completely ridiculous statement: > But shovels are our gods (don't believe? E.g. shovels cannot die from natural causes). They don't need puny humans. They need AI.