I think new forms of media, like radio and television, are worthwhile comparisons to AI. They were hugely influential technologies in the 20th century, making a small number of media companies hugely powerful. That sounds a lot like AI.
The difference to AI is that we regulated the heck out of radio and television companies. I think this is evidence in favor of heavily regulating AI.
> Look, we clearly have a problem here. This task was voted a two-pointer and after two weeks we're still here talking about this. This shows me that there's a skills mismatch between you and what we expect from someone in this role.
This is depressingly real. So much agita is caused by tasks that are initially underestimated.
This is partially a collective action problem. It might be socially optimal for people to take more risks working on crazy ideas, but for individuals there's less risk in working for a large corporation on incremental improvements.
I wonder how long till Substack starts aggregating writers. Subscribe to these 5 for 20% off, sort of thing.
You could aggregate writers within a niche to get a full view of that area. Or you could aggregate across topics to get something approaching a traditional newspaper.
"Taxi drivers told you what to buy. The shoeshine boy could give you a summary of the day's financial news as he worked with rag and polish. An old beggar who regularly patrolled the street in front of my office now gave me tips and, I suppose, spent the money I and others gave him in the market. My cook had a brokerage account and followed the ticker closely. Her paper profits were quickly blown away in the gale of 1929."
"Context collapse is a claim about informational contexts, and my claim is a claim about normative context."