I see it as a more existential and political problem.
Crypto = weakening the hold the state has over citizens, allows people to circumvent political and geographical boundaries, trading with anyone anywhere = good, great eventually for humanity as a whole
AI = spam/killing jobs/killing the Internet/concentrating more power in the hands of the few/stronger existential threads to humanity = bad, might turn catastrophic for humanity
I do not own crypto yet and do not use AI, but to my anarchist self, crypto is the only concrete measure we have against a surveillance state. The sad thing is that like the vast populace, most HN readers do not care about privacy and using technology to push against politicians that want to control every aspect of our lives.
Which is wrong because in order to make money in AI, you have to raise money from VCs or make money selling products. In crypto, you just sell unregistered securities using unregulated exchanges.
By your shill logic, AI will become good when the crypto scammers move on to something else. Are you hoping they'll move back to crypto, so all the money you invested in crypto won't go down the drain?
It's laughable how you think shills have so much more power to make or break a technology and give it practical real world applications, merely by hyping up a technology, even more than the actual scientists who have dedicated their lives to it, and the companies like NVidia who produce hardware for it, and the companies like OpenAI who produce software for it. You really have a lot of faith in shills.
By your logic, were shills responsible for the success of the Internet too, and not the people and companies who designed TCP/IP, web browsers, ssh, ajax, network routers, wifi, cellular, mobile phones, smartphones, etc?
Depends on your worldview doesn’t it? For me, having a transaction system that isn’t controlled by either my own government or corporate America is useful. If it’s not useful to you then you don’t have to use it.
juped|1 year ago
sph|1 year ago
Crypto = weakening the hold the state has over citizens, allows people to circumvent political and geographical boundaries, trading with anyone anywhere = good, great eventually for humanity as a whole
AI = spam/killing jobs/killing the Internet/concentrating more power in the hands of the few/stronger existential threads to humanity = bad, might turn catastrophic for humanity
I do not own crypto yet and do not use AI, but to my anarchist self, crypto is the only concrete measure we have against a surveillance state. The sad thing is that like the vast populace, most HN readers do not care about privacy and using technology to push against politicians that want to control every aspect of our lives.
aurareturn|1 year ago
DonHopkins|1 year ago
It's laughable how you think shills have so much more power to make or break a technology and give it practical real world applications, merely by hyping up a technology, even more than the actual scientists who have dedicated their lives to it, and the companies like NVidia who produce hardware for it, and the companies like OpenAI who produce software for it. You really have a lot of faith in shills.
By your logic, were shills responsible for the success of the Internet too, and not the people and companies who designed TCP/IP, web browsers, ssh, ajax, network routers, wifi, cellular, mobile phones, smartphones, etc?
lern_too_spel|1 year ago
zarzavat|1 year ago
can16358p|1 year ago
Thanks to you, I've just learned that donating money to people in need is illegal.
latchkey|1 year ago
"Cargo ship owned by JPMorgan Chase seized by US with 20 tons of cocaine"
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/10/business/jpmorgan-msc-gay...
bitnorbert|1 year ago