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tintory ( tintory@lemm.ee )  to Politics · 3 years ago

Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?

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Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?

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tintory ( tintory@lemm.ee )  to Politics · 3 years ago
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On Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto"
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  • frog 🐸 ( frog@beehaw.org ) 
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    “We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder.”

    One would think that billionaires would want to avoid talking about whether preventable deaths should be considered a form of murder. Exploitation leads to a lot of preventable deaths. Tax avoidance leads to a lot of preventable deaths. The billionaires likely have the blood of millions on their hands.

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    Money and greed are their only motivations.

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    They didn’t get their money by being smart or clever, they got it through being born rich or doing unethical stuff.

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      Usually that’s an “and”, not an “or”.

  • Kajo [he/him] 🌈 ( Kajo@beehaw.org ) 
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    Because they don’t need to, as long as we keep believing their nice promises without looking if their old promises have been kept.

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