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Elon might be available.

by hindsightbias 3y ago

jatins 3y ago
I am surprised we haven't heard that he's trying to insert himself into this somehow
- tayo42 3y ago
  The reason he left in the first place was becasue they didn't want him to run it. He was on the board years ago.
icy_deadposts 3y ago
I think there is a consensus that developing AGI is the most important thing for the continued existence of human civilization. And we know a chair or table will not stand with just two legs. In fact some believe the USA grew into the most prosperous and powerful country because its founder were wise enough to design the government with three branches, each with their own powers and checks and balances between them. We have seen that Ilya and Sam can not work together on their own. With only two natural leaders, there is no way to solve any dispute, as voting would lead to a stalemate. I believe Elon has a lot to bring to the table here, he nearly perfectly fills in the deficiencies of the other two - Elon has a strong grounding in ethics and morals (consider how many of his ventures post Paypal have been to truly benefit human society rather than just make money) which I feel could rein in Sam's tendency to ruthlessly pursue profit with questionable morality - see WorldCoin. Additionally, I think his real world experience could counter-balance some of the naivete we've seen with Ilya since his rather sudden entrance into the spotlight. I truly hope the right people consider this and can convince Elon to step up and fulfill what may be considered his true potential.
- hindsightbias 3y ago
  Seems strange to me Elon would prioritize Twitter over the greatest threat/opportunity in humanity of AGI to Microsoft. Seems a bit Capt. Obvious, maybe he can get Ilya. "Replying to Nadella's post, Musk then wrote, “Now they will have to use Teams!"
dang 3y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
  dang can you tell me if this comment I wrote was downranked by a mod? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342452
  - dang 3y ago
    No. What made you think it was?
    - 0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
      It got a number of upvotes, but somehow ended up at the bottom of the comment thread.
      - dang 3y ago
        I'm sorry! It was indeed downweighted, though not by a mod - there are other ways that that can happen. I'm not sure why I thought otherwise—it's possible that I didn't look at the correct comment, or possibly I looked at it before it got downweighted, though neither of those seem likely. In any case, I definitely don't want to give you, or any user, inaccurate information and I'm sorry about that. As for the comment itself, I don't think it was terribly good for HN—it was more on the snark/fulmination/flamewar side of the ledger, rather than the curious conversation we're looking for, as described at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. If I had seen it I might have downweighted it too, though probably not as much.

Elon might be available.

jatins 3y ago

I am surprised we haven't heard that he's trying to insert himself into this somehow

tayo42 3y ago
The reason he left in the first place was becasue they didn't want him to run it. He was on the board years ago.

icy_deadposts 3y ago

I think there is a consensus that developing AGI is the most important thing for the continued existence of human civilization. And we know a chair or table will not stand with just two legs. In fact some believe the USA grew into the most prosperous and powerful country because its founder were wise enough to design the government with three branches, each with their own powers and checks and balances between them. We have seen that Ilya and Sam can not work together on their own. With only two natural leaders, there is no way to solve any dispute, as voting would lead to a stalemate. I believe Elon has a lot to bring to the table here, he nearly perfectly fills in the deficiencies of the other two - Elon has a strong grounding in ethics and morals (consider how many of his ventures post Paypal have been to truly benefit human society rather than just make money) which I feel could rein in Sam's tendency to ruthlessly pursue profit with questionable morality - see WorldCoin. Additionally, I think his real world experience could counter-balance some of the naivete we've seen with Ilya since his rather sudden entrance into the spotlight. I truly hope the right people consider this and can convince Elon to step up and fulfill what may be considered his true potential.

hindsightbias 3y ago
Seems strange to me Elon would prioritize Twitter over the greatest threat/opportunity in humanity of AGI to Microsoft. Seems a bit Capt. Obvious, maybe he can get Ilya. "Replying to Nadella's post, Musk then wrote, “Now they will have to use Teams!"

dang 3y ago

Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
dang can you tell me if this comment I wrote was downranked by a mod? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38342452
- dang 3y ago
  No. What made you think it was?
  - 0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
    It got a number of upvotes, but somehow ended up at the bottom of the comment thread.
    - dang 3y ago
      I'm sorry! It was indeed downweighted, though not by a mod - there are other ways that that can happen. I'm not sure why I thought otherwise—it's possible that I didn't look at the correct comment, or possibly I looked at it before it got downweighted, though neither of those seem likely. In any case, I definitely don't want to give you, or any user, inaccurate information and I'm sorry about that. As for the comment itself, I don't think it was terribly good for HN—it was more on the snark/fulmination/flamewar side of the ledger, rather than the curious conversation we're looking for, as described at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. If I had seen it I might have downweighted it too, though probably not as much.