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1. bobajeff · 1790315315 · focus · HN ↗

   I for one cannot be convinced that these companies saying they want to slow down AI progress is for the safety of mankind (or any other altruistic reason). However, I respect someone willing to give up a very comfortable career for his convictions.

   1. geraneum · 1790316009 · focus · HN ↗

      I’d wait and see what happens next in their professional life. It’d be ironic if they founded a new AI startup or something like that.

      1. roca · 1790317487 · focus · HN ↗

         That would be ironic! But there's no chance I'll work on anything that accelerates AI. If I was OK with that, I would not have left Google.

         I do expect to use AI in my work, as I indicated in my blog post. I haven't (yet?) reached the point where I consider that anathema...

         1. geraneum · 1790321865 · focus · HN ↗

            > But there's no chance I'll work on anything that accelerates AI.

            Fair, but I don’t mean you in particular.

            > I do expect to use AI in my work

            So as I but for your position, don’t you think that’d contribute to what you want to distance yourself from? It’s like leaving a political party but still donating to them, while finding their mission unacceptable. From outside these seem contradictory.

            1. roca · 1790322314 · focus · HN ↗

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               1. geraneum · 1790325014 · focus · HN ↗

                  I think unintuitively all of us are capable of holding contradictions in our head (or word) without any conflict.

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