What is the best piece of evidence (or cory doctorow article) you know that supports that AI Investment is driven by people who want to use it to supersede capitalism specifically by collapsing the economy, and not just by exactly what the paper says, which is that (because I believe that Investors are capable of creating greed at large scale because each holds only pieces of the pie) they want to use it for the canonical Stonks™ reason (and capitalism is horrible at coordination problems)? Googling Technofeudalism doesn’t immediately help,but I’ve read that the elements of 21st C capitalism are rent-seeking, the intersection between surveillance and market research, and big tech platforms.
I don’t have good articles to share on this. I feel like a lot of what I’ve read is scattered data largely. But this is the single best source I’ve seen as she brings the receipts with the actual tech bros literally talking about their plans for years.
In this specific current case, imagine collapsing the economy is the point and purpose.
In previous decades, instability always benefits businesses. Laid off people are hungry and will take the same jobs for less pay.
This is the techno feudalism version of that.
What is the best piece of evidence (or cory doctorow article) you know that supports that AI Investment is driven by people who want to use it to supersede capitalism specifically by collapsing the economy, and not just by exactly what the paper says, which is that (because I believe that Investors are capable of creating greed at large scale because each holds only pieces of the pie) they want to use it for the canonical Stonks™ reason (and capitalism is horrible at coordination problems)? Googling Technofeudalism doesn’t immediately help,but I’ve read that the elements of 21st C capitalism are rent-seeking, the intersection between surveillance and market research, and big tech platforms.
The Nerd Reich
The magic word that will tie it all together for you is TESCREAL.
I don’t have good articles to share on this. I feel like a lot of what I’ve read is scattered data largely. But this is the single best source I’ve seen as she brings the receipts with the actual tech bros literally talking about their plans for years.