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Comment · 2 days ago
Maybe a hot take, but I think you'd be insane to give Claude access to your 1password vault
Comment · 5 days ago
> Like it is honestly hard for me to put into words how absurdly on-the-nose it is

These guys are also often longevity enthusiasts as well. It's not uncommon to see the belief that AI is going to deliver us from disease, and even mortality itself.

Comment · 10 days ago
I see a lot of the use cases for these tools as just ways to counterfeit yourself. It's kind of gross, IMO.
Comment · 16 days ago
It's a bad default, and most people don't dig into settings
Comment · 17 days ago
Yes, please
Comment · 18 days ago
I do not like the vertical tabs at all
Comment · 29 days ago
It was always "bad", but it used to be fun
Comment · 1 month ago
I saw it put nicely somewhere that I can't find "the rational is a subset of the real"
Comment · 1 month ago
People often complain about the humanities requirements for CS degrees, and now the world is run by tech executives who don’t have a clue.
Comment · 1 month ago
That is addressed in the article. E.g. how Meta knows about the harms they’re actively causing, and carries on anyway. People and firms do things they know are wrong all the time.
Comment · 1 month ago
It’s either compartmentalization, or something else
Comment · 1 month ago
The heads of the firms themselves believe it too. Maybe it’s reasonable to quit your job if your boss thinks he’s building a doomsday machine (regardless of how ridiculous you or anyone else find that idea)
Comment · 1 month ago
All OP has to believe is that Coxon himself believes the hype.
Comment · 1 month ago
You can also use moral relativism to cope with doing basically anything unethical, especially so when you’re offered dump trucks full of money.
Comment · 1 month ago
Predictions and prescriptions are different things. E.g. they said that recorded music would cause fewer people to sing and perform in their own homes. This happened, but we're all largely just fine with it.

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