Ethereum founder wrote a huge philosophical text for the concept of plurality, which can help create more decentralized, democratic and efficient systems in these technological fields, while maintaining the diversity and autonomy of participants.
Vitalik notes that:
1. The crypto space grew out of the cypherpunk movement, which values independence from external constraints.
2. Talk about the use of quadratic funding and retroactive funding in the Ethereum ecosystem to support public goods.
3. It is proposed to use the ideas of multiplicity to improve public goods financing mechanisms in blockchain ecosystems, including to reduce vulnerability to collusion.
About AI:
He says AI is accelerating the development of financial fraud by making it more sophisticated.
Using AI in anti-fraud systems, for example in Android to analyse calls in real time.
Examines the potential of AI in the context of a "synthetic technocracy" where AI and a small human elite govern society.
On brain-computer interfaces:
It suggests that future brain-computer interfaces will be able to create more valuable and highly accurate experiences of information transfer between people.
The potential of such technologies to create deeper understanding between people and groups.
General considerations:
- Stresses the importance of developing technologies that protect the user without the need for centralised control.
- Discusses the balance between technological progress and maintaining diversity and autonomy in society.
- Explores the potential for leveraging ideas of multiplicity in the development of personalized anti-fraud and social media software.
"Multiplicity" is a social philosophy that recognizes and encourages cooperation between different sociocultural groups and systems.
It proposes a new approach to democracy, economics and social interaction in the 21st century, trying to strike a balance between individual freedom and collective decision-making.
The concept is opposed to two other ideologies: technocracy (ruled by experts and AI) and libertarianism (maximum individual freedom).
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