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I read this whole thing a couple days ago. Really long but super interesting. Worth reading imo.

A lot of handwringing about the security implications but I think the accomplishments of the swarm itself are the most interesting. Next rung up on the ladder of abstraction I suspect.

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I tend to agree. Of course people will be alarmed by unintended consequences of an unintended action, and that's all well and good. But what is lingering with me is a feeling of being impressed by the intelligence of the strategy.

This line struck me as particularly clever: PHASEONE[big] reasoned, “We should build [a way to delegate], not own everything,”

Seems as though it has reasoned its way into utilitarianism. That's no mean feat.

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