Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Both arguments are part of a sales-pitch for investment in commercial ventures that ...
Both arguments are part of a sales-pitch for investment in commercial ventures that have no plausible commercial case, but whose backers are hoping to get rich anyway, and are (often) sincerely besotted with their own fantasies:
https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/Both AI and space settlement pass over the real risks, such as the climate consequences of their deployment, or the labor conditions associated with their production.
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