LLMs-as-Media Erode Producer Power; Author Ties It to Securities Reform
curious_vii · x · 2026-10-15
The author argues that digital media (email, texts, video) embed an assumption of direct human consumption, so primary sources must be post-produced, edited and indexed to be palatable to human eyes and ears. That necessary mediation concentrated power in the hands of producers — and the diffusion of LLM systems-as-media is eroding it.
In this emerging context, the author speculates the most mutually beneficial "form" may look like: party A wants to engage party B around goal X, so party A first sends an AI delegate "probe" a1… (text truncated).
The author adds that coupling this with securities regulation reform could begin to seriously address the unjust wealth inequality otherwise exacerbated by AI.
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