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This is kinda weird. It's not illegal to be an asshole. You also don't want to live in a country where it's illegal to be an asshole. You also don't want to

This is kinda weird. It's not illegal to be an asshole. You also don't want to live in a country where it's illegal to be an asshole. You also don't want to live in a country where everyone is constantly an asshole. What are you actually asking for here? Have you thought through the implications of what you're saying here? The way we normally deal with assholes is we shame them. But then there's people like you saying we can't expect anything better from certain kinds of assholes. Well, yeah, when you tell an asshole to keep on being an asshole, what do you expect.

sharemywin 4y ago
I think society has to figure out how much power you give one person or a small group of people. whether it's an emperor, chairman, priest, a CEO, a guru, etc.
serf 4y ago
>What are you actually asking for here? Sounds like they're asking for government to take the reins w.r.t world impacting decisions rather than relying on the fortune of the big people in tech to make kind, thoughtful and well-planned decisions for our collective humanities' future. >The way we normally deal with assholes is we shame them. No, I don't, I avoid them -- and I find that tactic that you mentioned embraced more and more commonly and purported even as the preferred method as if that's just the common sense reaction -- It's not, and I disagree with that behavior vehemently .
jamilton 4y ago
They're saying that companies are much more likely to be consistently ethical if they're forced to by the government, assuming the regulations that the government makes are themselves ethical. Even if you accept that Sam Altman, or any CEO, has the people's best interests at heart, it doesn't matter, the people shouldn't have depend on the CEOs of a powerful companies being a nice people to ensure they're not harmed. They're not saying it should be illegal to be an asshole, they're saying it should be illegal to run your company unethically.

sharemywin 4y ago

I think society has to figure out how much power you give one person or a small group of people. whether it's an emperor, chairman, priest, a CEO, a guru, etc.

serf 4y ago

>What are you actually asking for here? Sounds like they're asking for government to take the reins w.r.t world impacting decisions rather than relying on the fortune of the big people in tech to make kind, thoughtful and well-planned decisions for our collective humanities' future. >The way we normally deal with assholes is we shame them. No, I don't, I avoid them -- and I find that tactic that you mentioned embraced more and more commonly and purported even as the preferred method as if that's just the common sense reaction -- It's not, and I disagree with that behavior vehemently .

jamilton 4y ago

They're saying that companies are much more likely to be consistently ethical if they're forced to by the government, assuming the regulations that the government makes are themselves ethical. Even if you accept that Sam Altman, or any CEO, has the people's best interests at heart, it doesn't matter, the people shouldn't have depend on the CEOs of a powerful companies being a nice people to ensure they're not harmed. They're not saying it should be illegal to be an asshole, they're saying it should be illegal to run your company unethically.