Why sharing the tech wealth is really important (www.bangkokpost.com)
from JRepin@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 09 Mar 2024 13:29
https://lemmy.ml/post/12962457

One of the defining economic challenges of our time is how to distribute the value generated by groundbreaking technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence and recent innovations in biomedicine and manufacturing. To improve living standards, the benefits of transformative technologies must be widely shared. So far, however, these benefits have been monopolised by a small cadre of tech billionaires.

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doublejay1999@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 2024 14:33 next collapse

Only 30 years too late

SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de on 09 Mar 2024 22:26 collapse

Oh, you mean something like GPL, which has been responsible for more technological freedom than any other concept in the past 30 years, except maybe the internet? Even the Internet was built on open standards and public RFCs, with billions and billions of Internet-bound Linux devices.

Let’s not treat this like it’s some new problem. The solution is right there. Just pick it up and use it, and thank your local OSS developer for actually maintaining the other software you use.