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I’d say this AI and all those that follow are children of capitalism.

It’s all about consolidating power and wealth as quickly as possible. Now we’re in an AI arms race. Sounds terrifying? It is.

America might tear itself apart if it doesn’t slow down a bit. Right now, there’s no one behind the wheel.

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It actually seems to be about distributing power as much as possible. The effort right now with LLMs such as by Microsoft and Google is to rush to make them available to as many people as possible as cheaply as possible, even for free. That’s because this way they can create the maximum amount of value as efficiently as possible, with MS and Google skimming off the top of it all through advertising.

I’m sure premium private services will be a thing, but right now the sheer scale of the mass market seems to be a powerful democratising force. Let’s hope it stays that way.

Normal people are not rational agents.

If it is really as bad as people say then my future business will have more customers.

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