Those corporations are already superhuman entities with morals that don’t match ours. They do cause a lot of problems. Maybe it’s better to figure out how to fix that real, current problem rather than hypothetical future ones.
Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now
by jay_kyburz on Thursday June 19, 2025 @06:44PM
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Yeah, the AI will be a tool of a corp. So in effect we are talking about limiting corporate power.
Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now
by Viliam1234 on Friday June 20, 2025 @02:41PM
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> the AI will be a tool of a corp.
Up to a certain level. Behind that level, the corp will be a tool of the AI. And even further that way, the corp will no longer be necessary.
This parallel has been drawn. Charlie Stross [0] in particular thinks the main difference is that pre-digital AIs are capable of behaving much faster, so that other entities (countries, lawmakers, …) have time to react to them.
[0]: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/dude-yo...
Similar claims can be made about any structure of humans that exhibits gestalt intelligence, e.g. nations, stock markets, etc.
The AI will do what its programmed to do, but its programmers morality may not match my own. What more scary is that it may be developed with the morality of a corporation rather than a person. (That is to say, no morals at all.)
I think its perfectly justifiable to be scared of a very powerful being with no morals stomping around!