In early internet days, the ‘Information wants to be free’ rhetoric was seen as heresy and dangerous. 40 years on we’re still trying to make it make sense, do it in a sensible way but we’ve seen business models destroyed, mis-and disinformation roil society. And of course we’ve seen new economies rise, democratization of information at an unprecedented scale, etc.
If AI is 10X more powerful than the internet as a catalyst of change, should we be 10X more careful, or 10X more cavalier with loosening the ties?
I often think about this decentralization -> centralization cycle, and the tension between ideals of open web evangelists and the forces of commercialization.
You're right to note the potential practical dangers of generative AI, yet the capabilities of systems seem to be accelerating nonetheless...
In early internet days, the ‘Information wants to be free’ rhetoric was seen as heresy and dangerous. 40 years on we’re still trying to make it make sense, do it in a sensible way but we’ve seen business models destroyed, mis-and disinformation roil society. And of course we’ve seen new economies rise, democratization of information at an unprecedented scale, etc.
If AI is 10X more powerful than the internet as a catalyst of change, should we be 10X more careful, or 10X more cavalier with loosening the ties?
I often think about this decentralization -> centralization cycle, and the tension between ideals of open web evangelists and the forces of commercialization.
You're right to note the potential practical dangers of generative AI, yet the capabilities of systems seem to be accelerating nonetheless...