Aral BalkanMay 18, 2023

Machines aren’t taking over.
Corporations are taking over.

Worry about the right thing.

#corporatocracy #ai

Show threadQuincy ⁂May 18, 2023
@aral Aren't corporations machines too? 😁
(I remember @cstross making that argument in a keynote (IIRC))
Show threadclacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

@quincy Yes, @cstross , @pluralistic and Ted Chiang have all referred to corporations as a form of slow AI that executes on a substrate of humans and paperwork. As far as I remember seeing, they each credit the other two with coming up with the analogy. 😊

@aral

Apr 6, 2024 at 10:29amWeb
Show threadAral BalkanApr 6, 2024
@clacke @quincy @cstross @pluralistic Corporations are institutional psychopaths.