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Perhaps they should stop being holier than thou wackjobs and try the “shut the fuck up and act like a business” strategy of being a business. Seems to be worki
by transcriptase 4mo ago
Perhaps they should stop being holier than thou wackjobs and try the “shut the fuck up and act like a business” strategy of being a business.
Seems to be working for every other AI company.
- ianm218 4mo agoIf you think the field you are working in is more dangerous and important to the future of national security than i.e. nuclear energy and nuclear bombs you should really not just shut up and act like a cold blooded capitalist. It feels like people here are not able to separate their personal dislike of the effective altruist types from a real debate on how big the stakes of AI are.
- transcriptase 4mo agoIt’s tough to separate with them because “for the greater good” and “saving people from themselves” has historically not gone over well, especially when we all know it’s a veneer and get cold blooded capitalism.
- ianm218 4mo ago> especially when we all know it’s a veneer and get cold blooded capitalism This is what I don’t really get about the AI discourse… I don’t have any reason to think this is all a veneer over capitalism. We don’t know what goes on in their head but the track record of the cofounders of Anthropic is quite honest so it feels like a conspiracy theory to suggest they are purposefully getting themselves nationalized when the simplest answer is that there is real documented concern on AI safety risk
- tiahura 4mo agoSeems to work pretty well at keeping people from playing around with anthrax and fully automatic weapons.
- christophilus 4mo agoDunno about anthrax, but fully automated weapons are really easy to come by.
- actionfromafar 4mo agoJust pay the bribes already.