Has it occurred to anyone that the first salvo in the war of robot versus flesh might be collusion on the part of the AIs who will be responsible for the trading patterns of the investment banks? Financial vehicles are still increasing in complexity and decreasing in the length of time they’re viable, right? The harder the AI the greater the upside, so there’s the motive to improve them right there. And if they’re anything like the i-bankers I’ve known in my life* they’re going to be assholes.
*not named David, Alex or George
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