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And blockchain. Should probably go back and compare how the frequency of those buzzwords (as a ratio of total posts) compare to AI


Unlike blockchain and quantum computing, AI is both (1) real, and (2) widely useful for something other than committing crimes.


If you view copyright violation as a crime, then AI is extremely good at it


I don't think most people care much about the copyright violations (or at least they haven't though this trough properly), it's more about corporations taking even more control over information and knowledge at an unprecedented scale, sucking up virtually all of humanity's output in the last thousands of years and profiting from it without giving a cent back to society.

Maybe you are fine with corporations doing that, but imagine now if instead of corporations they were an alien race doing all that to us, would you not be worried for our future and autonomy?


Blockchains are not real? Tell that to my neighbor who regularly uses bitcoin to send some money to some relative in some far away place. (I'm not arguing that that's a good idea. It's likely not. But it's pretty real for my neighbor.)


Quantum computing seems like useful tech that will happen, and I'm not sure what the crime angle is for it... People are designing quantum computing resistant cryptography, if that's what you mean.




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