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1377 sats \ 6 comments \ @Undisciplined 13 Jun AI Politics_And_Law Christianity econ

Pope Leo’s recent encyclical on artificial intelligence makes some good points but also has weaknesses. Ulrich Fromy explains.

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159 sats \ 5 replies \ @freetx 13 Jun

I've read MH and I don't find the article as convincing as it sounds.

However, it has a blind spot: it does not dare to name states as possible architects of these surveillance structures.

This is technically true, the Encyclical does not call out the state per se. However I think it gets even deeper to the heart of the matter with:

"the main drivers of development are private, often transnational, parties that are endowed with resources and the capacity to intervene that surpass those of many Governments."

Yes, this smacks of typical anti-corporate leftist drivel when first read. But when you actually consider it, its true.

The problem is not "the state", its the fact that the members of the state are so cheap to buy off that they pass laws to the highest bidder.

Just yesterday Trump issued a decree to ban Anthropic latest release because of "reasons" (later reported that Amazon suggested the ban).

Is the answer more state regulation? Obviously not. But ignoring that we live in a regime where laws are open to the highest bidder is not helpful either....

53 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Jun

I don't think the authors ignore that laws are (or can be) open to the highest bidder but that is just another problem with state power anyway.

32 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 13 Jun

For reference in mid-2000s I was a dyed-in-the-wool Ancap. Rothbard. Mises. the whole deal.

I don't disagree with a single thing of Ancap philosophy. However what I realized is that the majority of Ancaps don't recognize that we already live in a 100% Ancap world.

The state and all its controls are simply market forces in and of themselves.

If you waved magic wand tomorrow and dissolved the state, by 5 PM it would exist again because the market demands it.

Stop believing in the fairy tale that there are "freedom loving humans" on one side and "evil government" on the other. There are no freedom loving humans (well there are very very few of them)....humanity continuously and gladly votes to subjugate others.

The problem is spiritual not political.

53 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Jun

Stop believing in the fairy tale that there are "freedom loving humans" on one side and "evil government" on the other.

I don't believe that, at least not as a complete description. I subscribe more to the Hoppean view that there are peaceful people on one side and technical problems on the other.

96 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 13 Jun

I subscribe more to the Hoppean view that there are peaceful people on one side and technical problems on the other

Thats a great description of it. I must say that seems accurate....sadly the peaceful people are a very small minority.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 13 Jun

Yes, the technical problems are very large.