It's Possible, Without Taking Sides

The Upheavals [of Artificial Intelligence] Can Escalate Quickly And Become Scarier And Even Cataclysmic,” The New York Times Tech Columnist Once Wrote. “imagine How A Medical Robot, Originally Programmed To Rid Cancer, Could Conclude That The Best Way To Obliterate Cancer Is To Exterminate Humans Who Are Genetically Prone To The Disease.

I Would Argue That Among Musicians Who Work In Technology Today, The Level Of Technological Sophistication Probably Exceeds That Of Military Programs, To Be Blunt. They Are Just Really Smart People Attracted To Making Strange New Sounds.

People Degrade Themselves In Order To Make Machines Seem Smart All The Time.

The Beauty Of Html Was That One-way Linking Made It Very Simple To Spread Because You Could Put Something Up And Take No Responsibility Whatsoever. And That Creates A Society In Which People Display No Responsibility Whatsoever. That's The Problem.

Making Information Free Is Survivable So Long As Only Limited Numbers Of People Are Disenfranchised. As Much As It Pains Me To Say So, We Can Survive If We Only Destroy The Middle Classes Of Musicians, Journalists, And Photographers. What Is Not Survivable Is The Additional Destruction Of The Middle Classes In Transportation, Manufacturing, Energy, Office Work, Education, And Health Care. And All That Destruction Will Come Surely Enough If The Dominant Idea Of An Information Economy Isn't Improved.