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Corporations as Paperclip/Profit Maximizers
busssard3mo10

somehow the editor died on me at some point so i could not continue writing..
so if there are some hickups in formatting, thats why.

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Extended analogy between humans, corporations, and AIs.
busssard5mo10

A corporation always is focused on generating profits. It might burn more than it makes in certain growth spurts, but generally valid is, that a corporation has profit as a primary goal. every other goal is stacked on this first premise.
Its analogy is not drugs or time spent with friends. Its like air. A corporation needs to supply wages to its cells. to its workers. so similar to our body needing to supply oxygen. We can hold our breath and go fishing, but we do so on borrowed air. it will run out eventually.

A corporation is a super-organism, and every employee is a cell. If it uses AI (like in trading, or car manufacturing), then the dynamic changes slightly. And the robot becomes a tool, that needs to be maintained by a cell. similar to the algae that Corals keep. supply with light (electricity) and keep predators away (laws forbidding AI-trading)

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Aaron Silverbook on anti-cavity bacteria
busssard2y30

i am still convinced, that this will cause unknown implications after oral sex. as lactic acid is the main factor balancing the female intime floral ph.
So introducing a bacteria that prevents this might be problematic.

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