this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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[–] Gloria 12 points 1 month ago

~~Don't be evil~~ 2015

~~Say no to AI weapon~~ 2025

~~Respect Human rights~~ 2035

~~Do not enslave all humans~~ 2045

~~Pay fair prices for at least half off all organs~~ 2055

~~Do not Mass rape and Mass murder~~ 2065

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“The real evil would be to let a MORE evil company design, build, and profit from this”

-argument I’ve heard from many googlers on why google specifically should be the one to create the orphan crushing machine

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

yeah, it's a common refrain. has a very simple rebuttal too

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Making AI helpful for everyone

Where "helpful" means profitable and "everyone" means their shareholders.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Also Google is no longer woke, so not too much equality: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-scraps-diversity-hiring-goals-002553150.html

Mission accomplished or whatever I guess.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

For whatever makes money