Mastodawn

Is AI self-selecting through the stock market?

Is AI self-selecting through the stock market? - Lemmy.World

Based on a sarcastic comment I made a little bit ago but kept thinking about. For a long time now (before the current AI bubble, even), the majority of stocks traded have been performed by algorithms using machine learning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_trading [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_trading] Tech companies keep developing AI-powered solutions because it’s a quick way to earn money through stocks. The majority of profit in the stock market right now is coming from AI slop. https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/ai-bubble-cisco-moment-dotcom-crash-nvidia-jensen-huang-top-analyst/ [https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/ai-bubble-cisco-moment-dotcom-crash-nvidia-jensen-huang-top-analyst/] So, when the majority of stocks being traded are decided by AI, and it just happens that the most profitable investments are likewise boosting AI development, is this essentially AI using the mechanics of capitalism to self-select its own advancement?

vateso5074 Oct 10

You wake up as a random 10-year-old in 2002 with your memories intact. In your hand is a USB drive with a backup of Wikipedia as of Jan 1 2025. You must keep your identity secret. What do you do?

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You wake up as a random 10-year-old in 2002 with your memories intact. In your hand is a USB drive with a backup of Wikipedia as of Jan 1 2025. You must keep your identity secret. What do you do? - Lemmy.World

If anyone wants a specific goal, have it be either * Earn the Nobel Peace Prize by age 18 or * Become a billionaire by age 18 For the sake of the scenario, assume the following: * If anyone learns that you are mentally from the future, you immediately have an aneurysm and die. You somehow just know this and therefore must keep your true identity secret. * You wake up as a random 10-year-old specifically in 2002, not your 10-year-old self, and not the age you actually were in 2002. * You live in the same country, speak the same language(s), and are the same ethnicity as your old self. Your biological sex matches your gender identity (flip a coin if you are enby). * You have 2 parents and 1.5 siblings. Your family earns exactly the median income for your country. * The person whose identity you now inhabit left a diary. You have no other knowledge of your new identity beyond this. * If you try to look for your old family, you learn they had a different child in this timeline who is the same age as you but is not you. They will not believe any attempt to convince them you are related. * The USB drive is compatible with any standard USB Type A connector. It is just large enough to fit all of Wikipedia, including hosted media and files, and the drive is read-only. The drive cannot be reformatted. * Stock market trends remain generally consistent for 5 years. After that, assume the butterfly effect will start to skew the results, so you cannot predict what will happen after 2007. Sports become too unreliable to bet on with 100% accuracy after 1 year. * I feel like I shouldn’t need to clarify this one, but no grooming kids. Assume there is a magical force that prevents you from dating anyone until both you and they are at least 18, and no one is attracted to you unless they would also feel okay dating someone who is your mental age.