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Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by emblem21 on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @11:41PM (#12749611)
I once wrote a book in 2005 about the inevitable fusion of central banking theory, economic psychology, and "good-enough" artificial intelligence. Whole brain emulations weren't required. Instead, mass expansion of mobile devices and the consolidation of civil behavior into those devices (purchasing, voting, socialization, documentation, research, institution interactions, welfare benefits, etc) allows a sufficiently powerful enough AI to read an NSA trunk and be able to create a model of the "animal spirits" of the individual constituents of markets. It couldn't model human behavior accurately, but that wasn't required. Instead, it could create a chaotic chain of events between all actor demands and capabilities via small actions that would result in massive economic policy enforcement.

Instead of invading Iraq, the machine predicts a convoluted path of investment schemes that ultimately bankrupt the dinar, the ruling party, and the entire nation. No bullets fired. No soldiers deployed. To economists, it would look like normal macroeconomic activity.

I never released the book because I realized I was writing a business proposal.

Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by dxg732f on Thursday October 20, 2016 @04:16PM (#12755748)
That sounds really interesting. I have also thought about how "good-enough" AI could get a lot more done than many predict. I also like the idea of a Rube Goldberg equivalent of investment schemes and options to achieve certain objectives. Write a fun versions of it first, then do the business proposal. Good luck :)
Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by sideshowb on Thursday October 20, 2016 @08:51AM (#12751765)
I once had ideas like that. Let me know how it works out. I suspect you'll find it hard to predict much at all let alone influence.
Re:Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? by M0T0K0 on Thursday October 20, 2016 @10:29AM (#12752502)
I would be highly interested in reading such a book. Any drafts and/or links available?