I think they mean we don’t have a deathstar. We can make the atoms here shitty. We can’t annihilate them or scatter them out of their own gravity well.
Life in theory could restart with our weapons, but what’s the point with the other scenario.
Life in theory could restart with our weapons, but what’s the point with the other scenario.
How would touching grass help? Do you think the grass is better informed about AI risk than you are?
...that's plausible, actually.
Probably a site called "Hacker News" is not the smartest place for you to be implicitly asserting that thinking about things is bad, or that those nerds who do it are out-of-touch losers. Maybe you want to be on Rugby News instead.
On Hacker News, by contrast, what is valued is thoughtful discussion grounded in the kind of rigorous theoretical knowledge that comes from extended concentration, usually but not always indoors, where it won't rain on the computers.
Any time it seems to you that there are more people on the side of an issue that you happen to be on yourself, a good rule of thumb is to assume confirmation bias.
As for Dario, of course he's worried about the stock price. I would if I were in his shoes. That's literally part of a CEO's job. He is also one who has consistently raised the issue with AI safety. He was OpenAI's head of AI safety after all. Anthropic is considered security risk by the US. Is that "temporary useful"?
What a silly distinction to make.