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> in the end the corporation has given a group of people what they wanted.

Has given an entity with spending power something that (it thought) it wanted. Context considered, there might be no humans involved.




> there might be no humans involved.

the corporation is not autonomous. Some humans decided what it wanted - mostly profits.


> Context considered

The "context" I'm referring to, which you've omitted from your quote, is that this is a discussion about the book "Superintelligence". In this context, it's entirely possible that a corporation could be autonomous.




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