[ExI] A Paranormal Prediction

[Kelly Anderson]

Perhaps when El Salvador gets an AI leader, the first thing that will
happen is their crypto portfolio will start getting managed more
intelligently. :-) Could increase public support.

-Kelly

On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 9:14 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 11:34 PM Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 1:01 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
>> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> > I, too, would look to El Salvador as an example because of their bitcoin experience.
>> >
>> > And the apparently utter disaster it has been, largely due to a failure to win the trust of the general public.
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>> Just because something is low on the exponential curve at the present
>> time doesn't mean it might not go better, then much, much better
>> later. It is far too early to call El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment a
>> failure due to the exponential nature of adoption.
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>
> I am given to understand the situation has reached a temporary mostly-steady state, no longer seeing exponential increases at this time within El Salvador.
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> This state can be adjusted, of course, but that seems likely to require certain things being done differently so as to achieve better public trust.
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>> In fact, I predict
>> that now that the country has turned a 3 million dollar profit on the
>> endeavor, that with the next upsurge of Bitcoin (which we may be in
>> now) they could get more rapid adoption which could lead to defi type
>> activities that would greatly benefit their country.
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>
> Sure, it is possible that they will suddenly revamp their policies to address the reasons why they are not seeing widespread acceptance.  Nothing is physically preventing them from doing so.
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> Nothing was physically preventing them from doing so, either - but they haven't done it yet.
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>>
>> Yet this is
>> merely an interesting aside to the main original question of the
>> thread.
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> I present it as evidence of low odds of an AI-tocracy coming to light any time soon, and specifically of the largely unaddressed in practice problem that is preventing such a thing.
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