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AI anxiety compared to fears of early capitalism
Original: Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism
An essay by Venkatesh Rao argues that current panic over artificial intelligence mirrors the anxieties that accompanied the rise of early capitalism, framing AI competition between nations as a new kind of 'cognitive mercantilism' in which states treat intelligence and knowledge production as resources to be hoarded and traded. The piece is drawing attention for reframing the AI debate through economic history rather than pure technology.
Why now: The essay offers a fresh historical-economic lens on the AI debate just as governments race to control AI capabilities.
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