Robot Gamblers Are Making People Poor

But in its current form, betting on the relevancy of someone without their permission is BAD and plays into people's worst behavior ---> wanting to make money off of nothing, hoping that someone else will hold the bag. Even though it’s not the exact same, it reminds me of MLM schemes where you know there isn’t any underlying value, but you can sell... See more

If AI chatbots and AI-powered search results are summarizing everything for you, why would you go to a website? And if we all stop going to websites, what’s the incentive to put new content on the web? What’s going to stop shady characters from flooding the web with AI-generated spam to try and game these systems? And if we succeed in choking the w... See more

Of course the game is rigged. Even many enthusiastic capitalists, these days, will concede that a lot of people are born on third base, that preexisting familial advantage can play a huge role in monetary success and success in any given field. Of course chance influences everything we do within our various systems of achievement. (I know someone w... See more