ghoblin

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   by ghoblin 7mo ago

   Energy is just one component of cost per unit of work, and in most modern economies it's a very small one. Industry has always traded energy efficiency for productivity. Excavators burn huge amounts of fuel compared to humans with shov
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   by ghoblin 7mo ago

   Everyone cites some niche "human-only" jobs to argue AI won't replace labor. But most of the economy runs on things like document processing, logistics, retail, and factories. High-volume, repeatable, rule-driven tasks, and i
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   by ghoblin 8mo ago

   There’s a difference between "safety matters" and “safety is the primary constraint". Most companies manage risk to an acceptable level while optimizing for speed and cost. Aerospace companies optimize for minimizing catastro
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   by ghoblin 8mo ago

   There are only so many safety-first companies and products. The vast majority of the economy isn't optimizing for safety
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   by ghoblin 1y ago

   That's a very anthropocentric view. Technology isn't a series of deliberate inventions by us, but an autonomous, self-organizing process. The development of a spear, a bow, or a computer is an evolutionary step in a chain of techn