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Yeah the whole “rationalist” movement is full of those lying fks that use a thin veneer of fallacious logic and self aggrandising discourse to rationalise their
by khalic 6mo ago
Yeah the whole “rationalist” movement is full of those lying fks that use a thin veneer of fallacious logic and self aggrandising discourse to rationalise their hoarding of resources and bottomless greed. They’re very well established in Bay Area and AI world.
- estearum 6mo agoIs Sam even a rationalist, or describe his views as rationalist?
- khalic 6mo agoNot directly, but very friendly to the movement and people in it.
- estearum 6mo agoLooks to me like the rationalist/AI researcher/EA cohort of (admittedly odd) people was quite deliberately hijacked by a sociopath
- khalic 6mo agoThe movement itself is consistently aligned with Tech Bros interests, the philosophical foundation is interesting, but the movement itself is quite problematic
- ghurtado 6mo agoDepends. Would it lead to increasing his wealth?
- saghm 6mo agoHe was not the founder of OpenAI
- estearum 6mo agonobody was "the" founder of OpenAI. Sam was one of many cofounders, though I don't see how the particulars here are relevant to the point above.
- saghm 6mo agoThere are several points above: > wasn't OpenAI the company that was formed as a nonprofit to limit the risks of LLMs? >> the whole “rationalist” movement is full of those lying fks >>> Is Sam even a rationalist, or describe his views as rationalist? The relevancy is that a question of how and why the company was formed isn't fully answered by only talking about his motivations.
- estearum 6mo agoI see I see. Makes sense!