I Cast Fist@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoWhat do you think the current crop of AI and its users would look like if there was literally zero profit incentive at all steps?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think the current crop of AI and its users would look like if there was literally zero profit incentive at all steps?I Cast Fist@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
If it was literally impossible to make any profit off AI, how do you think things would look like now?
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoWhat do you mean‽ Surely the only way new inventions can ever come about is with a profit incentive! If what you suggest is true, it would make capitalism unnecessary for technological progress! Sacrilege!
What do you mean‽ Surely the only way new inventions can ever come about is with a profit incentive!
If what you suggest is true, it would make capitalism unnecessary for technological progress! Sacrilege!