popcorncowboy

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by popcorncowboy 7y ago
"I dunno, it didn't happen to me. (Therefore this problem is not _really_ a problem)." While it's a very human reaction to go "I don't see what the problem is" until the waters are lapping at your front do
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
Yes. This. The terrifying thing is that this type of application "demo" is being built by smart people who are already fully aware of the _theoretical_ concept of ethical violations being enabled by software. And yet refuse to con
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
> the response above clearly addresses the hypothetical Yes, by saying "the hypothetical is moot". Moot. And why? Because "in principle" "this should ... prevent the circumstances enabling such an exploit from ev
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
On the contrary. This is a core project team member saying that in the event a dedicated agent IS sufficiently motivated and DOES manage to compromise a Colony, "well, the answer is simply ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" The many sentences that c
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
Precisely. > ...bribing executives and misleading shareholders You raise an interesting point - in a Colony there is presumably no concept of enforceable fiduciary duty to shareholders (because there are none - we're not trading sec
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
fab13n made a similar comment on this line. So thanks to both of you for illustrating the point (genuinely): > "How does it change anything?" The action itself may appear the same, but in code-as-law systems the consequences of
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
Here are just two thought experiments I'd love to hear Colony/elena_di explain: Hypothetical 1: You and a growing team of incredibly engaged Colony members build out a $10M/yr revenue stream. Edge case leaks 87% of tokens to
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
+1. Would love to hear your insights on this.
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
Agreed. And in particular I'm curious as to "what truly differentiates Colony from what Assembly did"? ie. what is Colony doing to address the fate of Assembly? I'd love to see something like this take off. I also remain
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
> Are you trying to claim it is a purely monetary relationship? No. "Cost" in behavioral economics is never purely monetary. It includes social, emotional, cultural, personal, moral and relational calculus too. The entire spect
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
mikeash - for the record, I am not calling you a racist, don't think you are a racist and in no way am implying you are one. It is a pity you drew that line back to yourself as that was not my intent. I thank you for including the word
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
Haha, wow, you really missed the crux of my reply.
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by popcorncowboy 9y ago
> Most stores have far fewer controls than they could, because they'd rather be nice to their customers. ... 99% of people are basically decent and honest. Don't be in the 1% who aren't This is dangerous thinking. People d