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Re:Google fires another AI researcher who reportedly challen... by skoskie on Monday May 02, 2022 @11:36AM (#31236512)
> Seriously, who thought that science for profit would net the best results for the collective benefit?

Nobody, and I don’t think “best results” or “collective benefit” were the goal when science started getting more commercialized.

The idea that good inventions would benefit all rather than patent holders must drive a true capitalist crazy.

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Re:Google fires another AI researcher who reportedly challen... by pastacacioepepe on Monday May 02, 2022 @03:19PM (#31239575)
Yet even Adam Smith bases his entire theory on the supposed collective benefit of the invisible hand. Without collective benefit, there's nothing positive left to it.
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