Having some grip of information theory is suddenly critical again, a bit like it was in the late 80’s. These are short windows until someone figures it all out and executes it.

Probably ownership and property rights are going to bifurcate a lot of nation states as AI and machines sweep across the economy.

Scandinavia is going to have publicly owned assets and the Anglosphere will have private robo-workforces, whilst Russia will go straight to robo-mercenaries. Who can own AI? Is it legal is it moral? Where is the line? That’s going to be fuzzy and many jurisdictions will have different ideas.

Property rights will be an issue of tension. Then consider taxes and how those are raised? What if I employ 2 million robots but live overseas?

Messy.