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34C3 - Dude, you broke the Future!

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What it is

Charles Stross's 34C3 talk on how science fiction gets the future wrong. He argues that corporations are slow, human-powered AIs that optimize for profit, and that regulation lags behind accelerating technology.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN returns to it whenever corporations as paperclip-maximizer AIs or AI risk come up.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I cannot recommend enough Charles Stross' 34C3 talk on this very topic.”

    Stross's talk on corporations as slow AIs

    aaron-santos, 2020-02 · Strong recommendation · in “AI thinks like a corporation (2018)”

  2. “Charles Stross read the text at the 34C3. If you want to listen to it rather than read it”

    Stross reading his 34C3 talk on corporations and technology

    leipert, 2018-01 · Recommendation · in “Dude, you broke the future”

  3. “Check out Charles Stross's speech at C3 about regulatory lag relative to the the accelerated nature of tech growth”

    Stross on regulatory lag versus accelerating tech growth

    vertexFarm, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “Facial recognition: It’s time for action”

  4. “Obligatory mention of Charles Stross' talk where he knits together exactly those two thoughts.”

    Stross links corporations and AI risk in one talk

    btschaegg, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I”

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Topics: charles stross, ai risk, corporations, science fiction, regulation

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