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Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Who tf is dumb enough to not do it, though? If I was non-tech and owned a business, and someone (reputable) offers to teach me everything I need to get up to date with the most revolutionary technology of the decade (perhaps century?) for like ... 500 dollars? Why not?

Its neural network autocomplete that helps you write text a little faster, chill with "the most revolutionary technology of the last decade/century" talk. You're offending a lot of experts in way more important areas of research.

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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post #53
post #19

So there's one photo. Of one family. Now what about millions of photos of all the other families possibly affected by him? That doesn't have power? It's like "hey you can say mean things about me but don't attack my family while I attack yours". Not that this is directed at him personally, but it's just this mindset of wealthy people..

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Yikes

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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post #94
post #56

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> AI? If everyone is broke because all the jobs got automated, who is buying the products to supply revenue to the companies Does it matter if you're already a rich oligarch with generational wealth? All these ceos have enough money to last several decades beyond their life span, it doesn't matter to them is the slave class croaks

What are they buying with this money? If you're the rich 1% and have replaced the 99% with AI there is no longer an economy for you to participate in. We don't have to imagine this scenario, we already did feudalism, and it famously boiled down to land and military.

> slave class

This sentiment is by far the most ridiculous because you are simultaneously projecting a reality where AI does everything and so people are no longer needed, but at the same time people are needed and become a slave class. "Oh no the tractor was invented! Now nobody will need humans to tend the fields! They will surely now force us to tend the fields!"

Re: Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident

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Sam Altman has written, and probably still believes,

"Development of superhuman machine intelligence (SMI) is probably the greatest threat to the continued existence of humanity."[0]

This means he acknowledges that his actions have the potential to kill every human family on Earth. It should be of no surprise that people took his beliefs seriously.

[0] https://blog.samaltman.com/machine-intelligence-part-1

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