The other issue is that he is not recommending that this be used for research. He is recommending that he can discreetly rent out my own computer to entities that are anonymous to me and with whom I have absolutely no contact, all for his personal monetary gain.
Consensual distributed computing in the name of science in interesting. Secretive distributed computing in the name of individual profit is disconcerting.
Equally disturbing is that you'll have no knowledge of what it's used for. ex: Maybe its used in a AI algorithm to help drones figure out the most efficient way to kill everyone in an enemy country.
Consensual distributed computing in the name of science in interesting. Secretive distributed computing in the name of individual profit is disconcerting.