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by ben_w 788 days ago
> I don't think any of the big tech leadsership actually beleive in that.

I think Altman actually believes that, but I'm not sure about any of the others.

Musk seems to flitter between extremes, "summoning the demon" isn't really compatible with suing OpenAI for failing to publish Lemegeton Clavicula Samaltmanis*.

> I also think that deep down a lot of the AI safety crowd love solving hard problems and stock options.

Probably at least one of these for any given person.

But that's why capitalism was ever a thing: money does motivate people.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon