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You'd be bored after a week .Maslows hierarchy of needs would see you craving recognition,solving hunger in Africa etc in your free time

dowager_dan99 2y ago
Unlike hunger, health, etc. that are at the base, Maslow's hierarchy says nothing about fulfilling your AI needs. Even if you argue this is a manifestation of "self", it's at the top, and least impactful for the broadest audience.
- CamperBob2 2y ago
  Ellison no doubt genuinely thinks that such an effort is his highest calling, the best contribution he can possibly make to humanity's well-being. In a more enlightened society, one not prone to misusing information to persecute one another, he'd arguably be right.
  - autoexec 2y ago
    Ellison no doubt is primarily, if not exclusively, concerned with his own well-being even at the expense of humanity. He may or may not actually believe otherwise, but his wealth objectively disqualifies him from being altruistic or even trustworthy.
  - sangnoir 2y ago
    > Ellison no doubt genuinely thinks that such an effort is his highest calling, the best contribution he can possibly make to humanity's well-being It's likely much simpler: Larry thinks the solution to (his) immortality - or longevity at the very least - may be contained in Americans' collective DNA, and AI may be able to tease the answers out.
  - red-iron-pine 2y ago
    Ellison has made it clear that he thinks the US needs a Chinese style social credit surveillance system, and is likely concerned that the proles are gonna rise up and sink his boats. Mapping DNA is just another part of that schema.
SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
> solving hunger in Africa I wish the billionaires were doing this. Instead they are hoarding wealth like angry dragons and comparing piles.
- jsbg 2y ago
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  - SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
    It's not impossible to begin to liquidate fractions at a time to both live on and make the world a better place instead of revelling when the line goes up. Somehow MacKenzie Scott has found a way to be both rich and provide large chunks of cash, over 10 billion now, to causes.
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- ivanmontillam 2y ago
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  - iambateman 2y ago
    Unpleasant, yes. True, no. Africa isn’t one thing, so generalizations are dangerous at best. Lots of places aren’t run by feudal lords. Africa is, on the whole, economically far more prosperous today than it was 20 years ago and foreign aid has saved millions of lives. There’s more to the world of philanthropy than MrBeast.
    - TremendousJudge 2y ago
      Most philantropy is closer to what MrBeast does than everyone is comfortable admitting. Most times I decide to read into some public philantropy intervention or other, especially those that happen in remote/far off places, it turns out it was a disaster, nothing was achieved, funds were stolen, and the intervention ended up doing more harm than good. Except to the philantropist's brand, which always comes out on top.
yoyohello13 2y ago
Imagine if any of these billionaires tried to solve real problems like that. Man what a world that would be...

dowager_dan99 2y ago

Unlike hunger, health, etc. that are at the base, Maslow's hierarchy says nothing about fulfilling your AI needs. Even if you argue this is a manifestation of "self", it's at the top, and least impactful for the broadest audience.

CamperBob2 2y ago
Ellison no doubt genuinely thinks that such an effort is his highest calling, the best contribution he can possibly make to humanity's well-being. In a more enlightened society, one not prone to misusing information to persecute one another, he'd arguably be right.
- autoexec 2y ago
  Ellison no doubt is primarily, if not exclusively, concerned with his own well-being even at the expense of humanity. He may or may not actually believe otherwise, but his wealth objectively disqualifies him from being altruistic or even trustworthy.
- sangnoir 2y ago
  > Ellison no doubt genuinely thinks that such an effort is his highest calling, the best contribution he can possibly make to humanity's well-being It's likely much simpler: Larry thinks the solution to (his) immortality - or longevity at the very least - may be contained in Americans' collective DNA, and AI may be able to tease the answers out.
- red-iron-pine 2y ago
  Ellison has made it clear that he thinks the US needs a Chinese style social credit surveillance system, and is likely concerned that the proles are gonna rise up and sink his boats. Mapping DNA is just another part of that schema.

SketchySeaBeast 2y ago

> solving hunger in Africa I wish the billionaires were doing this. Instead they are hoarding wealth like angry dragons and comparing piles.

jsbg 2y ago
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- SketchySeaBeast 2y ago
  It's not impossible to begin to liquidate fractions at a time to both live on and make the world a better place instead of revelling when the line goes up. Somehow MacKenzie Scott has found a way to be both rich and provide large chunks of cash, over 10 billion now, to causes.
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ivanmontillam 2y ago
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- iambateman 2y ago
  Unpleasant, yes. True, no. Africa isn’t one thing, so generalizations are dangerous at best. Lots of places aren’t run by feudal lords. Africa is, on the whole, economically far more prosperous today than it was 20 years ago and foreign aid has saved millions of lives. There’s more to the world of philanthropy than MrBeast.
  - TremendousJudge 2y ago
    Most philantropy is closer to what MrBeast does than everyone is comfortable admitting. Most times I decide to read into some public philantropy intervention or other, especially those that happen in remote/far off places, it turns out it was a disaster, nothing was achieved, funds were stolen, and the intervention ended up doing more harm than good. Except to the philantropist's brand, which always comes out on top.

yoyohello13 2y ago

Imagine if any of these billionaires tried to solve real problems like that. Man what a world that would be...