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0 pointsMiner49er19h ago0 comments

If we achieve runaway AI, the stock market goes to infinity. So from an expected value standpoint, massive spending on it is worthwhile. Even if the odds are tiny, the payoff warrants a massive bet size.

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root_axis18h ago

Not really. If run away AI ever became a real thing, the stock market would be completely destroyed since most companies would become worthless.

Miner49erOP18h ago

But a few companies will skyrocket and completely offset those.

CorrectHorseBat17h ago

I can't imagine humanity, let alone any company or the stock market survive runaway AI.

ansgri15h ago

You underestimate the non-computerized part of humanity. Even with automated plants building other automated plants the propagation speed will be highly constrained by natural factors, plain unavailability of resources, and xenophobic nature of humanity of course.

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