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Live tension Sam altman decoded interview ai Concern & critique · 4 attributable reactions
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Sam altman decoded interview ai

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Damien Williams, Dare Obasanjo
“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…” evidence ↗
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Mark Riedl Justin Hendrix Hypervisible Damien Williams Drew Harwell steven t. piantadosi Dare Obasanjo e.w. niedermeyer +4
2 experts discussed this · 10 posts
e.w. niedermeyer: he really does look like he's about to step off into a bold new future with none of us in it
Mary Branscombe: Right over the cliff
e.w. niedermeyer: the new Vanity Fair cover seems to subtly propose an interesting possibility: perhaps Sam Altman just has to accept some bad things happening in the name of human flourishing? www.politico.com/news…
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3 experts · 6 posts · 15d ago
Damien Williams Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 Pavel
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“Oh don’t worry, they can make it more hamfisted than that” evidence ↗
Pavel: If AI was real, it would be able to tell the difference between adding an emoji to your name, and an attempt to impersonate the FBI.
Pavel: they did it to avoid this specific situation, in the most hamfisted way possible
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2 experts · 3 posts · 7d ago
Damien Williams VE, cybersocial occult investigator
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“Our society does real fucked up things to people & character AI intentionally built itself out to prey on the people in those vulnerable spaces. I'm glad the company is dying but it is legitimately…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Building & implementation · 1
Damien Williams: Our society does real fucked up things to people & character AI intentionally built itself out to prey on the people in those vulnerable spaces. I'm glad the company is dying but it is legitimately…
VE, cybersocial occult investigator: I keep thinking that a core problem, not only with AI or social media, but the deployment of software in society generally, is how much the industry relies on being able to conduct social and indiv…
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