Inherent AI Risk: “Extinction-Level Capitalism”

https://matthewbutterick.com/extinction-level-capitalism.html

Matthew Butterick, writer, designer, programmer, and lawyer, has written a long, interesting piece about the inherent risks of AI, including how it can exacerbate inequality and weakens democratic accountability.

Shout out to Jason Kottke for raising attention to this and providing useful excerpts to encourage deeper reading: https://kottke.org/26/06/on-inherent-ai-risk-extinction-level-capitalism