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> Tech people are following a religious belief system whose utopian promise is the all-powerful computer that will end all suffering. Uh, I don't really think

> Tech people are following a religious belief system whose utopian promise is the all-powerful computer that will end all suffering. Uh, I don't really think that's anywhere close to an accurate characterization of most people here. Everyone, including Dario and any researcher at any frontier lab, knows the situation is quite scary and unprecedented. There are problems that will be solved and diseases that will be cured, but will we be living in an Orwellian universe? Will a rogue drone swarm find you cowing in your basement and murder you? I mean the technology for this is already mostly here, it's a matter of the willpower and budget to roll out something really evil. The comment's question is about capabilities and why the discussion about capabilities often times is far removed from todays capabilities.

nozzlegear 4mo ago
I dunno, I don't think an outside observer would be too hard-pressed to find the fervor with which some talk about the endless possibilities and miraculous works of AI to border on the cusp of religious.
- aspenmartin 4mo ago
  Some people sure, but some people believe the earth is flat. What’s without a doubt is the impact AI has already had, something maybe 2 years ago was dismissed as religious fervor maybe. Statistics and robust measurements plus stable scaling laws make this pretty far from religious I would say.
slopinthebag 4mo ago
Idk, I don’t see the same mindset in China. There’s a post floating around here about someone who visited the DeepSeek lab and said they just view it as another technology. Like a commodity. So I tend to think either the big tech ceo’s in America are delusional or malicious, or perhaps 50/50.
- viking123 4mo ago
  The role of the modern American CEO is basically to be a huge grifter, no wonder when I see Amodei or Altman they always remind me Sam Bankman-Fried, who btw has now applied for pardon from Trump.

nozzlegear 4mo ago

I dunno, I don't think an outside observer would be too hard-pressed to find the fervor with which some talk about the endless possibilities and miraculous works of AI to border on the cusp of religious.

aspenmartin 4mo ago
Some people sure, but some people believe the earth is flat. What’s without a doubt is the impact AI has already had, something maybe 2 years ago was dismissed as religious fervor maybe. Statistics and robust measurements plus stable scaling laws make this pretty far from religious I would say.

slopinthebag 4mo ago

Idk, I don’t see the same mindset in China. There’s a post floating around here about someone who visited the DeepSeek lab and said they just view it as another technology. Like a commodity. So I tend to think either the big tech ceo’s in America are delusional or malicious, or perhaps 50/50.

viking123 4mo ago
The role of the modern American CEO is basically to be a huge grifter, no wonder when I see Amodei or Altman they always remind me Sam Bankman-Fried, who btw has now applied for pardon from Trump.