Comment by brookst
1 day ago
How does enabling every person on earth to create Hollywood-quality films (for better or worse) result in more natural monopolies?
1 day ago
How does enabling every person on earth to create Hollywood-quality films (for better or worse) result in more natural monopolies?
The Internet for example is thought to be “democratizing” for society, but in reality some argue we’re now living under a system of “technofeudalism” [1] which is anything but. E.g. just a handful of Internet-enabled companies essentially rule the world. You can sit down and code an Amazon clone with or without AI, and both of them will be highly unlikely to topple the existing monopolies.
[1] https://thebeautifultruth.org/the-basics/what-is-technofeuda...
the feudalism model required that it be enforced with violence. As a peasant, you are not allowed by your feudal lord to move (migrate) away.
This is not so for internet. You can _choose_ not to shop at amazon, search with google, or watch videos on youtube.
Once supply becomes huge, nothing stands out unless it's extraordinary or most likely, well promoted.
Things start becoming found through aggregators. Google, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok.
Do those names ring any bells?
Imagine if only Google has the AI and processing power capable enough to generate Hollywood-quality movies.