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When the US is being run by relatively sane people, it's great.

That is not the situation at the moment.


None of the things you believe are working out.

1) Working towards prosperity, etc. - the prosperity is all going toward the top 2%. The people who need it most are not seeing it and probably never will because the only ones who guarantee a benefit are the ones with the money to direct that benefit.

2) AI will be the most powerful tool, etc. - see point 1.

3) It will not all go well, etc. - probably should have thought about that before you released it on the world.

4) AI has to democratized, etc. - true, won't happen. See point 1.

5) Adaptability is critical, etc. - Yes. Fully agree.

The problem, Mr. Altman, is that you believe the rest of the world thinks like you do, which is clearly not the case at all. While we have the ability to solve so many of the world's problems, it is absolutely clear that this is not what's happening. The rich in resources are getting richer and they're not doing anything to help those poor in resources become better off. Instead, they are claiming those resources for themselves against the day that everyone else runs out.

Same as it ever was, Mr. Altman. Same as it ever was.


The only reason Apple is doing this is to brown-nose Trump to keep him from tariff-ing them into lower profitability.

Just because he's biased, doesn't mean he's wrong.

UK Reg commenters are sore b/c they have to deal with the prospects of mass-manufacture in the UK. Which will soon experience the sort of renaissance one would expect from trying to run industry on windmills & solar panels.

Short answer: No. Long answer: Hell, no.

He won't care unless someone bribes him to care. This is all happening someplace not at one of his golf courses.

Well, there you have it - the principal investors in $30 billion dollar capital infrastructure projects have been known to bribe a POTUS or two.

At the very least dangle a shiny gold ball tickling trophy in his eyeline to briefly gain attention.


What do you have to do to get people to realize that SOB is basically a Nazi? Nobody seems to care that he’s a racist POS supporting extreme right-wing causes.

Ticket and require a company lawyer and programmer to show up in traffic court for every infraction and explain current status of self-driving software.

I think the intent is there. I do not have faith that people, politics or events will cooperate with us. I also think this is NASA's last hurrah before space flight is subsumed by commercial interests, which will be the end of the dream of space science for the common good of mankind.

It is not a person, nor even a living thing. It is a tool - same as a hammer or pliers. The decisions made are based on statistical probability, not actual thought or consciousness.

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