altpaddle

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by altpaddle 6d ago
What a foolish comment, LLMs empower capital owners far more than the 'working class'
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by altpaddle 7mo ago
Unfortunately I think the writing is clearly on the wall. Fully autonomous weapons are coming soon
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by altpaddle 7mo ago
Props to Dario and Anthropic for holding firm on these two points that I feel like should be a no-brainer
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by altpaddle 9mo ago
I do not understand this move by Nvidia, they are afraid of being out competed by this startup in their core competence of building chips for AI? They may be eliminating a competitor for now but this move will immediately many more AI chip
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by altpaddle 2y ago
Right because countries with smaller populations can't beat larger ones when defending their homeland. Oh wait that's exactly what happened in Afghanistan vs USSR and USA, Vietnam etc.
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by altpaddle 2y ago
And who is China's strongest ally in the world?
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by altpaddle 2y ago
This only takes into account income tax and not other taxes which are often more regressive such as sales tax, payroll tax etc. When analyzing taxes paid we should take into account all taxes
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by altpaddle 2y ago
That's fair to call our democrats when they say things with contempt but is this not a phenomenon that happens from both sides now? What about when JD Vance calls out 'miserable childless cat ladies'? Donald Trump is a person
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by altpaddle 2y ago
> Higher child tax credit, and generally pro-family You mean like the one that democrats proposed and republicans in the senate killed?
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by altpaddle 2y ago
Give me a fucking break. Trump trashes segments of America for years and gets a pass but if a democrat makes a single pissed off comment it's a big deal.
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by altpaddle 2y ago
Was Mike Pence getting chosen for his Christian background not an example of identity politics? Was JD Vance being a younger politician to balance old Trump identity politics? Everything relates to identity politics
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by altpaddle 2y ago
Agreed and Trump is not going to do it, he's going to try and make the richer richer just like he did with his tax cuts last time https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-how-capitalism-needs-refo...
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by altpaddle 2y ago
Do you realize what the cost was to society to have a Bell Labs? Telephone service was expensive as hell and you couldn't even own your own telephone. There was no incentive for innovation in many areas like answering machines, cell ph
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by altpaddle 2y ago
You have no idea what you're talking about. China has been cracking down on it's capitalist class/entrepreneurs 100x what the US gov has done.
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by altpaddle 2y ago
There really aren't that many platforms that 'everyone' uses. So yes you regulate them. Just like we regulate the thousands of bars in the country from allowing minors in
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by altpaddle 3y ago
Time will tell. Hopefully the new board will still be mostly independent of Sam/MSFT/VC influence. I really hope they continue as an org that tries its best to uphold their charter vs just being another startup.
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by altpaddle 3y ago
Dude just think about that for a moment. By definition if existential risk has been proven. It's already too late
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by altpaddle 3y ago
Well it depends on who's on the new board and what they believe. If Altman, Greg, and MSFT do not have direct representation on the new board there would still be a check against his decisions
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by altpaddle 3y ago
The most plausible explanation I've found is that the pro-safety faction and pro-accel factions were at odds which was why the board was stalemated at a small size. Altman and Toner came into conflict over a mildly critical paper Toner
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by altpaddle 3y ago
I think it was mostly a bluff to try the pressure the board. I don't think Sam and most of Open AI rank and file would want to be employees of MSFT
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by altpaddle 3y ago
I guess the main question is who else will be on the board and to what degree will this new board be committed to the Open AI charter vs being Sam/MSFT allies. I think having Sam return as CEO is a good outcome for OpenAI but hopefully
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by altpaddle 3y ago
I mean it's not like there's going to be a huge pool of suitable candidates for something like this on short notice. They probably picked the most capable candidate they knew of who aligned with their values
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by altpaddle 3y ago
But I think this episode shows how dependent OpenAI was on Microsoft. They seem to be closer to an extension than a truly independent actor
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by altpaddle 3y ago
Human character doesn't change that much, let's say that in his heart Sam is more of of a move fast and commercialize type of leader and Ilya doesn't want that. Do you think them sitting down and talking about it is really go
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by altpaddle 3y ago
"...EA brand will now be associated with irrational feminized college students rather than interesting quantitative thinkers." That is quite a quote, the kind that makes it hard to take anything in this essay seriously. If this gu
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by altpaddle 3y ago
I'd be willing to bet that the average corporate exec or VC is more of a sociopath than the average nonprofit leader/board member
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by altpaddle 3y ago
I dunno man, not sure why you're so cynical. There actually are people out there who are motivated by higher ideals than their own self-interest. I don't know if Ilya and the OpenAI board are in that category but I believe the wor
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by altpaddle 3y ago
If OpenAI changes their governance structure I think every single major AI lab will be controlled by corporations. What makes you so optimistic about a world where the most powerful technology of all time is controlled by a narrow set of ca
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by altpaddle 3y ago
The attitudes I'm seeing in this debate are mind blowing to me, explain to me why you think it's better that the future of AI and therefore the future of humanity is better off controlled by narrow-minded shareholder value maximiz
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by altpaddle 3y ago
Of course I am but only because I think developing safe AI is going to be such a monumental challenge (greater than manhattan project). However honestly I think recent events give me more hope that things will go well. My impression from Sa

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