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1684 points · 602 comments · sergiotapia

  1. rylando · · focus · HN ↗
    I wonder how Tolkien would’ve thought about the use of LotR names being used by all these AI and tech companies.. especially since they all seem to use the names of things that were corrupted by darkness.
    1. gholap · · focus · HN ↗
      From their CEO:

      > When I'm old I want people to remember Tolkien named companies for things other than weapon and surveillance systems.

      Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;mitsuhiko&#x2F;status&#x2F;2041855748481695774" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;x.com&#x2F;mitsuhiko&#x2F;status&#x2F;2041855748481695774

      1. v3gas · · focus · HN ↗
        Armin is the CTO ;)
        1. gholap · · focus · HN ↗
          Whoops! my bad TIL HN comments have a 2hr timeout for editing
      2. Yizahi · · focus · HN ↗
        Funny that he is building a middleware layer to a biggest surveillance system in all our history, the one which will spy on everything people are typing on their digital devices forever. How nice of him :)
        1. lucas_t_a · · focus · HN ↗
          i would argue that the way internet infrastructure in general already works as such system, local AI tools just set that as a commodity
      3. twobrainy · · focus · HN ↗
        Quite funny because Earendil is the old english word for Lucifer aka... Satan
        1. yencabulator · · focus · HN ↗
          Ehh it&#x27;s Old Norse and tied to Norse mythology and its exact etymology is not clear, and Lucifer was the Roman name of the planet Venus. Christianity does not get to define the words it steals.
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