Systems built on trust, norms, and institutions function better than blockchain

Re:Systems built on trust, norms, and institutions function ... by klibertp on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:27PM (#16775931)

> We need to fix human beings.

I admire your optimism. Meanwhile, we have quite a few millennia of trying and failing in this, so I'd rather try fixing the system instead.

> Meanwhile, imagine if every GPU used for mining right now was being used for training neural nets instead

With what, MNIST? For the billionth time?

ML and the current incarnation of AI don't need more CPUs, they need more data and better algorithms.

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Re:Systems built on trust, norms, and institutions function ... by hudon on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:50PM (#16776183)

> we have quite a few millennia of trying and failing in [fixing human beings]

Actually, research is showing that brutality is declining and empathy is on the rise [0]. We may be living in the most peaceable times in history. Maybe the optimism is warranted?

[0] https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111904106704576583...

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