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I hate hearing these things described passively. AGI isn't "coming soon". It's not a storm or a season or a comet. People — specifically Sam Altman! — are build
by jakelazaroff 3y ago
I hate hearing these things described passively. AGI isn't "coming soon". It's not a storm or a season or a comet. People — specifically Sam Altman! — are building it. So when those same people say "hey, here's a solution to a problem that AGI will cause that also happens to make me a lot of money", we're right to be skeptical.
- reducesuffering 3y agoRightly or wrongly, they believed AGI was inevitable but it would currently be reckless because it was going to end up in the hands of profit-maximizers Google or Facebook, so that they needed to get there first under a non-profit. Hindsight shows this was a dumb reckless move as they sped up timelines and the arms race by 3-10 years, and are showing no signs of restraint that was supposed to be their raison d'etre.
- wkat4242 3y agoAnd they're no longer really a non-profit as Microsoft is now getting ready to break the bank with their gazillion different copilots.