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Re:Geoffrey Hinton: 'AI will make a few people much richer a... by visarga on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @02:29AM (#45178195)
You should also consider that people have AI too, everyone has AI, AI makes no difference in competition. Like having Linux, or Google Search - immensely useful but not a differential. So "capital -> AI -> capital" would just be the inferior option. Like building a product with minimal coding and just putting together open source packages, that anyone could replicate in a few hours.
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Re:Geoffrey Hinton: 'AI will make a few people much richer a... by dns_snek on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @03:02AM (#45178486)
People don't "have" AI. People are being provided AI as a service by the corporations who invested billions into training it. If they ever make a leap where it can actually replace the workforce, it won't be provided for cheap like it is right now, and all the current open models will be obsolete.
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