Julian Assange Predicts 'AI Model' will Replace Capitalism

Citing technology giants such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon, Assange warned that Silicon Valley's biggest and most powerful companies will deploy A.I. to gather big data, leading to a reconstitution of the global economic order. "Look at what Google and Baidu and Tencent and Amazon and Facebook are doing," Assange began."They Which is to take the surveillance capitalism model and transform it instead into a model that does not yet have a name, an "AI model,'" he added. The WikiLeaks founder mused how artificial intelligence could have transformative effects on the global labor force, including the replacement of entire "intermediary sectors," which the Austrian-born hacker says makes up a substantial chunk of the Internet. "Which is to use this vast reservoir to train Artificial Intelligences of different kinds," Assange told the forum.