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0 pointstrinsic23mo ago0 comments

It sounds like you are trying to label this issue in such a way as to marginalize someones view.

We got to this point by not looking at these problems for what they are. Its not wrong to say something is wrong and it needs to be addressed.

Doing cool things, without looking at whether or not we should doesn't feel very responsible too me esp. if it impacts society in a negative way.

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SpicyLemonZest3mo ago

Yes, I'm trying to marginalize the author's view. I think that “Just fuck you. Fuck you all.” is a bad view which does not help us see problems for what they are nor analyze negative impacts on society.

For example, Rob seems not to realize that the people who instructed an AI agent to send this email are a handful of random folks (https://theaidigest.org/about) not affiliated with any AI lab. They aren't themselves "spending trillions" nor "training your monster". And I suspect the AI labs would agree with both Rob and me that this was a bad email they should not have sent.

discreteevent3mo ago

It's a smarmy sycophantic email addressing him personally and co-opting his personal achievements written by something he dislikes. This would feel really fucked up. It's true that anger is not always a great response but this is one of those occasions where it fits exactly.

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