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Isaac Asimov describes how AI will liberate humans and their creativity (1992)

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170 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.336s | source
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vannevar ◴[10 Apr 25 15:05 UTC] No.43644575[source]▶
I don't think Asimov envisioned a world where AI would be controlled by a clique of ultra-wealthy oligarchs.
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1. Spooky23 ◴[10 Apr 25 15:17 UTC] No.43644724[source]▶
Asimov’s future was pretty dark. He didn’t come out and say it, but it was implied that we had a lot of big entities ruling everything. Many of the negative political people were painted as “populist” figures.

If you are a fan of the foundation books, recall that many of the leaders of various factions were a bunch of idiots little different than the carnival barkers we see today.