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Re: Money is pouring into AI. Skeptics say it’s a ‘grift shift’

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Post by dang » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 3:01 AM UTC

kubb wrote: post #12

Modern "economy". There are a bunch of thousands of guys with a couple to a couple hundred billion each. There are millions of people desperate to own a house and afford life. The rich guys want to be more rich. They're hiring some of the poor suckers to check how others got richer in the past. The answer is tech! New tech is created every couple of years. People hype it up as much as they can. The rich guys give a f…

You started a hell of a flamewar with this. Could you please not do that on HN, regardless of how bad things are or you feel they are? We're trying for something different here, such as not burning to a crisp.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Money is pouring into AI. Skeptics say it’s a ‘grift shift’

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Post by dang » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 3:06 AM UTC

throwawaylinux wrote: post #227

bombolo wrote: post #222

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The way you carried on in this flamewar was beyond the pale. As we've warned you multiple times before and you've continued to break the site guidelines badly, I've banned the account. Seriously not cool.

If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Re: Money is pouring into AI. Skeptics say it’s a ‘grift shift’

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Post by dang » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 3:06 AM UTC

bombolo wrote: post #228

throwawaylinux wrote: post #227

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The way you carried on in this flamewar was also beyond the pale, we've also warned you more than once before, and you've also continued to break the site guidelines badly. I've therefore banned this account as well. Seriously not cool.

If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

Re: Money is pouring into AI. Skeptics say it’s a ‘grift shift’

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Post by mym1990 » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 1:43 PM UTC

borissk wrote: post #200

mym1990 wrote: post #81

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The fact that you think our ancestors go back hundreds of millions of years…is wild.

How far do you think our ancestors go?

Homo sapiens are about 300k, homo erectus about 2 million and if we are going back to chimpanzees and gorillas, 10 million max.