@patio11: Unauthorized possession of knowledge is suspicious to many people who are in the business of creating, safeguarding, an…
Summary
Patrick McKenzie questions the skepticism around unauthorized knowledge production by computers, discussing philosophical implications for AI and knowledge management.
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