Occam's Razor tells me it's because they are being painted as capable of subverting seemingly larger-than-life systems and institutions. I imagine it's an ego boost to a lot of these tech CEOs.
And it's arrogant to boot. Seriously believing machine learning is going to make everyone worthless/unemployed and end government is even crazy for Malthusian standards. This is the same age old debate over technology has been going on for centuries. There's nearly infinite things to work on out there, even if the latest steam engine makes a particular thing more efficient or require less workers. Those workers re-train and move on to other things. The key to minimizing the issues is to provide the education, tools, health care, etc. to help displaced workers with that.
I think his argument has always been more along the lines of machine learning will give the people in charge the knowledge of what it is that the citizen wants to hear and what they will believe, which means that the owner of the data then has power not by way of voting or military might, but by way of manipulation of the masses - which is a sentiment that I find much easier to believe.
kyledrake|7 years ago
dashwav|7 years ago
marmot777|7 years ago
I agree with you about investment in education, healthcare, etc., but those things won’t pay the rent and buy groceries I’d there aren’t enough jobs.
ohiovr|7 years ago
robotresearcher|7 years ago
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias
smacktoward|7 years ago