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skybrian8mo ago

That’s one scenario, but there are others. There are lots of open-weight models. Why wouldn’t ownership of AI end up being widely distributed? Mabybe it's more like solar panels than nuclear power plants?

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rstuart41338mo ago

> What you end up with is a dozen people owning all the wealth and everyone else owning nothing,

That may be where the USA ends up. We Australian's (and probably a few others, like the Swiss) have gone to some effort to ensure we don't end up there: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/boyerlectures/1058675...

throwaway-00018mo ago

Robots will do stuff for rich people ecosystem.

The rest you know what’s going to happen

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cloverich8mo ago

That is the system we have today, directionally. AI is an opportunity to accelerate it, but it is also an opportunity to do the opposite.

ipaddr8mo ago

Then government comes in and takes over. In the end we will end up with communism. Communism couldn't compete with the free market but in a world of six companies it can.

Ray208mo ago

> What you end up with is a dozen people owning all the wealth and everyone else owning nothing

Only if the socialists win. Capitalism operates on a completely different principle: people CREATE wealth and own everything they have created. Therefore, AI cannot reduce their wealth in any way, because AI does not impair people's ability to create wealth.

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