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1. surfmike · 1790217985 · focus · HN ↗

   When the CEOs of these companies are saying that we will risk extinction and jobs will be decimated, why do you even need a "foreign agent"?

   1. _heimdall · 1790218287 · focus · HN ↗

      Said CEOs are horribly biased, they have fiduciary responsibilities that make them useless judges on the relative risk/reward balance of LLMs and AI, if we get there.

      1. c0nducktr · 1790218781 · focus · HN ↗

         Claiming your product increases the risk of extinction doesn't sound like something someone would do if it were just for fiduciary duty.

         1. icepush · 1790221455 · focus · HN ↗

            If their activities materially increase the probability of human extinction and this poses a risk of potential loss to shareholders then they must disclose it.

            1. vkou · 1790233242 · focus · HN ↗

               If their activities materially increase the probability of human extinction, is there any reason that they should not be treated as invading aliens, or doomsday apocalypse-cult terrorists?

               Like, why on Earth would anyone tolerate someone in the same train car playing with a grenade?

               1. someonebaggy · 1790234359 · focus · HN ↗

                  If we treated people they eat based on those criteria we'd have to treat oil companies and all political parties that way too.

                  1. someonebaggy · 1790241713 · focus · HN ↗

                     I have no idea how these extra words "they eat" ended up in my comment. It was autocorrect.
                  2. vkou · 1790266604 · focus · HN ↗

                     The politicians don't actively promise that what they are doing has a 10% chance of ending humanity, in fact, they claim the opposite.

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