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Brian Eno: “The biggest problem about AI is not intrinsic to AI. It’s to do with the fact that it’s owned by the same few people” (musictech.com)
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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 week ago

Oh it's the same shit as feudalism, but with technology... Thanks for letting me know that's what Techno-Feudalism means.

Understanding the meaning and context of terms is very important.

... I guess we could add "global" to the front of it so you know it's not just happening in a castle in 14th century Europe, but all across the planet.

I find "neo-feudalism" more appropriate. The previous incarnation already spanned the known world at the time.

Like, how many castles were in Europe? Okay, compare that to how many Amazon's there are? It's not the same thing at all

That's really a comparison that makes me think that, perhaps, learning more about feudal history would do us all good. A more apt comparison would be "how many Vaticans were there?" (depending on the time period, two).

Rome was the seat of power through much of feudalism in the Common Era in Europe. Castles were extensions of the theocratic empire centered there, providing physical and visual/psychological enforcement of that power. Despite all of the war and megalomaniacal bickering, the feudal lords and kings all had the same boss.

There's less difference than you apparently think.

Sorry, I don't have time for this mind dulling discussion.

I'm sorry that you don't know enough about history to understand how nearly identical the two are and didn't mean to cause distress, not knowing how attached to the term you were.

G'luck.