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11 sats \ 6 replies \ @mudbloodvonfrei 12 Jun 2023
I don't get the whole Bitcoin-AI convergence thing. Aren't autonomous bitcoin-owning AI agents a little far-fetched, and just chasing AI hype instead of focusing on the very practical benefits that bitcoin and lightning provide?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @m00ninite 12 Jun 2023
First thing that comes to mind is AI scrapers could pay sites for their content rather than stealing it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mudbloodvonfrei 12 Jun 2023
I completely agree..BUT, take "AI" out of the sentence and it doesn't make any less sense...
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 12 Jun 2023
I think it ties into the whole machine to machine payments vision people have had even pre-bitcoin. I also don't think it's that far fetched. But I hear that it's maybe a little early to classify it as A Thing.
The @hn bot here while not AI is both earning and spending bitcoin. We are a relatively artificial environment for such a thing, but I do think people will create freer and freer economic agents that consume and provide value using money that doesn't care if you're a person or a machine.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mudbloodvonfrei 12 Jun 2023
I have no doubt that there are "AI" implementations that can interact with the world in a way that occasionally mimics intelligence, but to ascribe any autonomy or ability to independently intend anything to them is premature. Giving them bitcoin to spend intelligently would be like giving bitcoin to a college student and expecting him to not waste it all on blow and hookers.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 12 Jun 2023
Have you seen this?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @mudbloodvonfrei 12 Jun 2023
I have now, and to be honest it made me even less convinced. The whole video is predicated on the idea that AI will be a super-intelligent bitcoin maximalist. I have a strong affinity for the maximalist argument, but I don't buy the idea that AI is intelligent in any meaningful way. ( And to be honest, I don't think bitcoin maximalism is a hallmark of superior intelligence. Some people were gently exposed to the idea by patient mentors, some weren't. Or worse, were exposed to a toxic maximalist).
The narrator of the video asks which currency an autonomous delivery drone will prefer as payment for delivery. The answer is that the drone may reach it's destination autonomously but it is still a machine, sent by its owner to deliver a product. The drone will have no preference with regards to currency, all of which will accrue to the owner. We'd do well to focus our efforts on convincing the owner that bitcoin is a superior form of currency.
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