Oscar_Cunningham comments on Holden Karnofsky's Singularity Institute Objection 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 11 May 2012 03:03:56PM 1 point [-]

Will it? Human traders still exist right? If they can still make money then ones with a smart adviser would make more money.

Comment author: khafra 11 May 2012 03:20:49PM 3 points [-]

Yes; what we now see are the HFT realm where only algorithms can compete; and the realm 6-12 orders of magnitude or so slower where human+tool AI symbiotes still dominate. Of course, HFT is over half of equity trading volume these days, and seems to be still growing--both in absolute numbers, and as a proportion of total trading. I'd guess that human+tool AI's scope of dominance is shrinking.

Comment author: David_Gerard 11 May 2012 08:22:44PM 2 points [-]

ooh. HFT gives a great deal of perspective on my comment on QA->tool->daemon - HFT is daemon-level programs achieving results many consider unFriendly.