Thankfully I’m seeing other people mention that this article itself seems AI-generated. While there's less proof, i suspect that the actual analysis was done by an llm as well. So while i like to dunk on hallucinations as much as the next guy, who's to say this analysis doesnt have them too?

(for the record, i think the cve's are probably bogus, i just think there's an inherent problem with debunking slop with slop)

The conclusion is and always will be the answer: do something because it brings you joy. Anything else it brings you is gravy

If it's frontier, as much as they want to make you think you need the app, if you lookup the trip manually on the site (using your confirmation code), you can download it from the web

You've misunderstood the essay. A central point is to not think about AI risk in terms of matrix/sci-fi scenarios, but in terms of how it might/is likely to function in our societies.

So if you discount the sci-fi scenarios (which is a separate argument), the argument that "we need to be the first to develop AGI" doesn't hold water. If, say, China gets there first, so what? It will affect their society however it'll affect it (likely entrenching authoritarianism if i had to guess). But this has no bearing on us (speaking as an american)

Perhaps - can't jump into the mind of the author. But a lot of it relies on theoretical and philosophical scenario planning (eg Marx)

If that's your premise, and you suggest that an authoritarian country winning on AI recursive self-improvement does not have the possibility to completely reshape the world into an authoritarian regime... I'll suggest you're falling prey to the exact 1st sentence of the article and making a political point, not a logical one :-)

> I didnt read the article cause this seems like a prime example of that so someone can correct me if I’m wrong

if only there were some kind of magical universal summarizer you could use..

Why would i summarize an article i don't want to read to produce llm output that i don't want to read

This is so refreshing to read. A true throwback in style and content. Makes me nostalgic

As others have said, my comp sci degree also had a required ethics course. But it’s also pretty silly to think that a single ethics course where people don’t pay attention is going to change the hearts and minds of students. No amount of discussion about therac is going to make someone question if they should really be working for palantir or raytheon

I really dislike this comment as it assumes that everything is a competition and needs to make money.

If you just do things for your own enjoyment, then it’s obviously better to do it semi-publicly so that you can connect with other like-minded people or simply give online passers-by something neat to look at.

Plus, if you’re motivated by the activity and not the outcome, you don’t have to worry about competitors at all because you have no competitors.