Jiang interprets democracy as inherently crisis-producing because it polarizes factions against one another, and he says Brzezinski's answer is technocracy: engineers and bureaucrats using data, statistics, and AI to govern and manage polarization.
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Jiang says the psychohistory AI must be part of a democratic system where everyone is involved, otherwise it can only be abused.
He says the AI can work only if it steps outside history and human interests, speaking for all humanity rather than one nation or group.
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"So this book is written in the 1970s, okay? This is like 40, 50 years ago. What's amazing about this paragraph is that it..."
"govern society and who are better able to use this social polarization in order to better manage society. Okay? And this is a really,..."
"And it will give you different scenarios. And we can all agree on which scenario we want. And therefore, we can agree on what..."
"Humans are united in their goals, which is basically how do we create a better civilization. Okay? Does that make sense? When all society..."
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