I think the most interesting thing about making AI to serve human interests is that ultimately the system of AI (foundation model + infrastructure + energy) should resemble a human system.
Zero real rate of return. If bonds have a negative real rate of return and stocks have a RISK-ADJUSTED negative real rate of return, then gold or more generally commodities are a better option.
I don’t know much about trading, but it appears to be down nearly 5% this morning as of right now. Regardless, I think you’re conflating trading price with whether something is material in general.
BTC Ledger =/= BTC consensus. If the protocol can be made pure proof of stake while maintaining the same availability and security guarantees this is no longer an issue. However, this is against the best interest of miners.
300+ deaths seems like a very tough lesson to learn to prove the rule, though. Sorry, you comment struck me as rather macabre. This isn't a software update that caused people a temporary bit of inconvenience.
Aviation has very high visibility of fatal crashes but a low overall rate. The car fatality rate is much higher but we treat it as routine because they are lower severity events at much higher frequency.