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if you look at the other AI CEOs I think you'll find this property is uncorrelated with likability!

I'd find him endearing and likable if he wasn't pushing for the most venal and stupid folks to regulate the industry. Well, that might be a bit far, but at least I'd view the x-risk worries as a quirky neurosis.

honestly the idea that AI should be free of regulation is ONLY compatible with power hungry billionaires and should be found repulsive by every other human on earth sure, too much regulation, or too early. Yes those are bad things. But i have a hard time convincing myself that Dario is wrong here

My problem isn’t that he’s a weirdo, it’s that the words coming out of his mouth are totally inconsistent with the actions of the company. Someone described it as “screaming that the car is headed towards a cliff while slamming the accelerator” and I think that absolutely nails it.

He's an incredibly intelligent guy and a real thinker, which is my kind of person. But the danger is that very intelligent thinkers can rationalize almost anything. Seems like his mindset is "We have to win, even at some great cost, because we're the only ones worthy to wield this power."

I think he expresses such thinking most clearly when talking about China. The good guys need to do it and win as otherwise the bad guys will. The obvious problem is that given everything going on in the US these days, including increasing state control on AI models, good vs. bad is as clear as mud.

so he’s freaking cool af… badass

If thats your definition of cool..