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  • Interesting, I wonder what the public's opinion would be if every plastic/chemical maker out there says the exact same thing.
    by reallymental
  • I believe the world should accept the "bad things" that result from allowing me to take other people's property, because of all the good I'd do with the money I'd take from the rich.

    Hear me out, I know common sense says theft is bad, but just think about the hungry children I could feed if the world just agreed to let me take whatever I wanted.

    ...except AI won't even feed hungry children, it will only make the rich richer and flood the internet with slop.

    by DarkWiiPlayer
  • Yeah thanks but no thanks. Society does not have to accept "bad things". Society can pass laws to prohibit bad things.

    And society will pass laws. Europe has already begun doing so, and the US will once this goddamn corrupt administration is gone. People are already protesting against AI, especially against datacenters and surveillance like Flock. It's only a matter of time until individual actors end up in the focus of protests.

    by mschuster91
  • 'Bad things' [for you] in return for benefits [for me].
    by neonnoodle
  • Is this essentially a claim of the form that we should accept that car accidents happen if we are to drive cars?

    It is certainly pitched as if it is a claim we should be accepting of individual instances. Which is not the same as accepting that they occur.

    There's a big difference between acknowledging that something cannot be universally beneficial and claiming that the bad aspects are inconsequential.

    by Lerc
  • I think the AI provider whose model does “bad things” should be held responsible of such things, going to a “bad place” - such as a prison - if the “bad things” are bad enough. Let’s see how that affects your IPO.

    E: typos

    by delis-thumbs-7e
  • I will accept the "bad things" if and only when Sam Altman exposes himself to those bad things first e.g., living next door to an AI data center, being subjected to 24/7 surveillance, and having everything he says and does scrutinized for illegal activity, ticketing and jailing him appropriately.

    Until that happens, no. Sam Altman is here telling us to accept the cruelty of his actions and his company so that he can be more wealthy.

    by jameskilton

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