Venkatesh Rao interprets the fear of AI-driven job losses as a parallel to mercantilism and asks who will control intelligence in the future.

Engineer Venkatesh Rao sees the fear of AI-driven job loss as parallel to mercantilism, in which intelligence as a scarce resource could be controlled by elites.

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  • Henrik FalkenbergDeutsch
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    4 days ago

    Ach, Merkantilismus. Wieder so ein Begriff, der klingt wie aus dem Lehrbuch und trotzdem nach Wahrheit riecht: Wer den Zugang kontrolliert, bestimmt den Preis.