With all the money in the world floating around AI at the moment, it’s a brave stand to turn down a flattering invitation. The philosopher in this article explains his reasons, with the aid of Pope Leo.
For me, this touches on some really critical things, some of which are economic in nature, such as “the nature of voluntary servitude to a master idea”, which of course then begs the question, who gets to design the master idea… I think the point of the article is “they do!”
It’s a brilliant piece that is both scary, and revelatory at the same time
Damian Merciar is Managing Director of Merciar Business Consulting, http://www.merciar.com, a niche business economics consultancy founded in 1998. He has over twenty years experience in the areas of commercial Business Strategy. He is experienced in the transition environments of nationalized to private sector state utilities and the senior practice of commercial management, advisorial consultancy, and implementation. He has carried out policy advisory work for government ministries and been an adviser to institutional bodies proposing changes to government. He holds an MSc Economics from the University of Surrey’s leading Economics department and an MBA from the University of Kent. Also attending the leading University in the Middle East, studying International Relations and Language, for which he won a competitive international scholarship, and has a BA (Hons) in Economic History and Political Economy from the University of Portsmouth. He is currently based in London.
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