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[[File:Corporate etymology.png|alt=Corporate etymology|thumb|The origin of the word "Corporation"]]
[[File:Machine-cog.jpg|alt=A poem about cogs in a machine.|thumb|Figure 1. A poem about cogs in a machine.]]
'''A machine is an enclosure which contains independent parts that exert force on each other to produce a desired function. This may be as simple as cogs in a drill press making holes or more complicated like employees working in a [[corporation]] to make profit.'''  
'''A machine is a collection of parts that uses energy to produce output. This may be as simple as cogs in a drill press making holes in wood or employees working in a [[corporation]] to make profit.'''  


It is the commonality of the parts which define the machine i.e. the majority of parts in a drill press do simple tasks which work together to make holes in things. Whereas in a corporation a collection of people work together to make profit. Machines always have inputs, a function and then based on their efficiency, a productive output (''internality'') and a waste output (''externality'').
As automation increases with the rise of [[Bots|robotisation]], deunionisation and digital internal governance systems, corporate machines are becoming less human and more mechanised in their pursuit of output.  


== Machine Theory ==
Machines often have a purpose, where a drill press in a factory makes holes, a corporation as per their incorporation statement has a [[Fiduciary Duty|fiduciary duty]] to make money for shareholder profit or wages. Since the [[ecological crisis]], we’ve been told that the machine can change. Benevolent investors would simply reroute capital away from dirty energy sectors and toward the green industries of the future. But the promise of “''socially responsible finance''” has proven to be illusory [[greenwashing]]. For instance, despite pledges to do otherwise, Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has continued to invest in fossil fuel companies, and the production of coal—the dirtiest fossil fuel—is now on the rise.
Hawkings<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/stephen-hawking-warned-artificial-intelligence-could-end-human-race/articleshow/63297552.cms?from=mdr</ref>, Musk<ref>https://www.documentjournal.com/2018/04/the-existential-paranoia-fueling-elon-musks-fear-of-ai/</ref>, Gates<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/31047780</ref>, have all stated their fear of the potential existential threats we face with the development of AI. There are multiple reasons however it boils down to if you create something more intelligent that yourself it may find out some information which we do not know which might rationalise destroying human life. For instance, if an AI was tasked without hardwritten
 
There is no-one to blame here. It is not an evil genius pulling the strings in order to destroy the planet. It is simply a machine whose primary purpose is making money irrelevant of negative [[externalities]].

Latest revision as of 07:54, 27 November 2023

A poem about cogs in a machine.
Figure 1. A poem about cogs in a machine.

A machine is a collection of parts that uses energy to produce output. This may be as simple as cogs in a drill press making holes in wood or employees working in a corporation to make profit.

As automation increases with the rise of robotisation, deunionisation and digital internal governance systems, corporate machines are becoming less human and more mechanised in their pursuit of output.

Machines often have a purpose, where a drill press in a factory makes holes, a corporation as per their incorporation statement has a fiduciary duty to make money for shareholder profit or wages. Since the ecological crisis, we’ve been told that the machine can change. Benevolent investors would simply reroute capital away from dirty energy sectors and toward the green industries of the future. But the promise of “socially responsible finance” has proven to be illusory greenwashing. For instance, despite pledges to do otherwise, Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has continued to invest in fossil fuel companies, and the production of coal—the dirtiest fossil fuel—is now on the rise.

There is no-one to blame here. It is not an evil genius pulling the strings in order to destroy the planet. It is simply a machine whose primary purpose is making money irrelevant of negative externalities.

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