From the rise of #AI and the escalating #climate crisis to pivotal elections and evolving work dynamics, explore how the top #global #trends are set to reshape society and impact every individual, defining the trajectory of our world.
ECONOMY
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Gift Economies: Scaling Challenges in Human Systems
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I guess I had been thinking about the question in the scope of all of humanity (like in a Marxian sense). on a small scale, I think gift economies have some nice properties but they don't scale.
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Capitalism as emergent system versus designed critique
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would be a bit silly if you ask me since capitalism emerged rather than was designed. it would be like critiquing gravity as a system for keeping mass on the earth.
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AI Risk Alarmism vs Economic Pragmatism and Regulation
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Extreme AI risk alarmism will fail just as extreme climate alarmism never reached its goals, aside from a few absurd EU regulations. People choose a pragmatic middle ground, and greed and economic incentives always prevail.
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AI to Eliminate Salaried Jobs Too, Not Just Freelancers
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Cette étude est faite sur les freelances. Cela va réjouir ceux qui ne veulent pas voir que le salariat est en train de disparaître. Qu'on se rassure, l'IA fera aussi disparaître les jobs de cadres salariés. Cela prendra juste un peu plus de temps avec l'inertie et les rigidités.
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Tech Leaders’ Philanthropic Transitions: Gates, Zuckerberg and Social Impact
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The transition is particularly striking in some people in prominent positions. A good example is Bill Gates who transitioned from ruthless CEO of a company with monopolistic tendencies to one of the most effective philanthropists in the world. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
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Investment Cap Size: 100x Return Limit Details
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This page fails to mention the most important detail, which is the size of the "cap". That size is 100x investment.
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Microsoft’s Billions at Stake: Brad Smith’s AI Strategy Under Scrutiny
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Logan this is not in any way relevant to what I said. The "cap" is 100x. So Microsoft *will* be receiving the billions of dollars I mentioned, and this is a critical point when considering why Brad Smith would make such an outrageous statement.
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OpenAI Board Defines AGI Threshold and Commercial Terms
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“Fifth, the board determines when we've attained AGI. Again, by AGI we mean a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work. Such a system is excluded from IP licenses and other commercial terms with Microsoft, which only apply to pre-AGI
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AI Profit Cap Structure Ensures Humanity Benefits
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“Fourth, profit allocated to investors and employees, including Microsoft, is capped. All residual value created above and beyond the cap will be returned to the Nonprofit for the benefit of humanity.”