The Rage of the Billionaires Is Coming
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The Rage of the Billionaires Is Coming
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#2> Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei routinely says that half of white collar jobs are going to disappear because of his technology. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, noted that “AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there’ll be great companies.” And Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, said during an earnings call that “This is a revolution. Some people can get their heads cut off.”
This is the sound of people who know they’re safe high up on the economic totem pole, safely out of physical harm’s way, and don’t need to care a shred about what the public thinks.
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#3Is the public extremely angry?
It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet.
I think right now the public is slightly annoyed, but not quite annoyed enough to make real changes to our society. The question to me is when do people actually get angry and start changing the world in a way that improves the situation they are in?
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#4Is the public extremely angry? It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet. I think right now the public is slightly annoyed, but not quite annoyed enough to make real changes to our society. The question to me is when do people actually get angry and start changing the world in a way that improves the situation they are in?
> It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet.
I think this is being misunderstood. I read it as a final bit of civility. It's a warning.
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#5Is the public extremely angry? It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet. I think right now the public is slightly annoyed, but not quite annoyed enough to make real changes to our society. The question to me is when do people actually get angry and start changing the world in a way that improves the situation they are in?
> It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet. I think this is being misunderstood. I read it as a final bit of civility. It's a warning.
Don't humanize crowds. Crowds don't have civility.
Crowds either do, or do not. If crowds start throwing tomatoes then you know they're actually angry. Or rioting, or... Stuff.
Booing? Kinda nothing in the great scheme of what crowds do.
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#6Is the public extremely angry? It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet. I think right now the public is slightly annoyed, but not quite annoyed enough to make real changes to our society. The question to me is when do people actually get angry and start changing the world in a way that improves the situation they are in?
Seldom do real and considered changes come from anger or annoyance. Especially if you add the qualifier of 'improves the situation they are in'. That is unfortunately the exception. We didn't solve Polio by getting really angry at it.
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#7> Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei routinely says that half of white collar jobs are going to disappear because of his technology. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, noted that “AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there’ll be great companies.” And Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, said during an earnings call that “This is a revolution. Some people can get their heads cut off.” This is the sou…
People who have nothing to fear wouldn’t be building bunkers
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#8Is the public extremely angry? It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet. I think right now the public is slightly annoyed, but not quite annoyed enough to make real changes to our society. The question to me is when do people actually get angry and start changing the world in a way that improves the situation they are in?
You can’t even express this anger. You say something alluding to this you are censored online on most major platforms.
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#9Is the public extremely angry? It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet. I think right now the public is slightly annoyed, but not quite annoyed enough to make real changes to our society. The question to me is when do people actually get angry and start changing the world in a way that improves the situation they are in?
You can’t even express this anger. You say something alluding to this you are censored online on most major platforms.
If a bunch of people riot in the streets, most major platforms will cover the event. Not the statements of the participants, but the event itself, with some (perhaps distorted) mention of why they are rioting.
More generally, sure I can express this anger. I can say "People hate AI" or even "I hate AI". Watch this post not get censored.
I can say that people are afraid. I can say that they are afraid of losing their jobs, and their middle-class life, and their hope of a better future. And I can say that if it starts to happen (not just to 100,000 tech workers, but to 100,000,000 middle class workers of every stripe), then there's going to be real anger and real, physical expressions of that anger.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can’t even express this anger. You say something alluding to this you are censored online on most major platforms.
If a bunch of people riot in the streets, most major platforms will cover the event. Not the statements of the participants, but the event itself, with some (perhaps distorted) mention of why they are rioting. More generally, sure I can express this anger. I can say "People hate AI" or even "I hate AI". Watch this post not get censored. I can say that people are afraid. I can say that they are afraid of losing their…
> If a bunch of people riot in the streets, most major platforms will cover the event. Not the statements of the participants, but the event itself, with some (perhaps distorted) mention of why they are rioting.
Reminds me of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Media: “they’re protesting, but gosh if we could only figure out why!” Protestors: “We’re protesting for economic justice and against inequality!” Media: “Huh… did you hear anything? I didn’t! We still have no idea what they’re protesting against, but they’re really mad looking!” Protestors: “We are against billionaires.” Media: “Well, I guess we’ll never know what they are so upset about!”