Zac Trolley on Mythryl: “Silicon Valley sees themselves as the Shepherds of civilization. We…”

This is why the Luddites smashed machines. The factory owners decide what technology is to be used and how. They decide who is to benefit from technology and who suffers. That's how machines get smashed.

Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave@wolven.blacksky.app

Remember when us phil-tech types said effective altruism was just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extents? This is what we meant: Real harm for unquantifiable potential benefit. "…'we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology….'"

politico.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.

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Would Sam accept himself dying for AI to continue? Probably not. I'm sure he'd be okay with OTHERS dying for AI, but let's start with Sam dying, then we will see if he is REALLY onboard with his idea.

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