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by benterix 263 days ago
While I agree, on an unrelated note - I knew I know your nick from somewhere...

And then I realized[0].

[0] https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/contra-ptaceks-terrible-arti...

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I had a conversation with that person a couple weeks ago. They're nice. I think we both would tweak (if just a little bit) how we presented our articles with the benefit of hindsight.

For the record, I'm a systems programmer and a security person and I don't work for an AI company (you can Six Degrees of Sam Altman any startup to AI now if you want to make the claim, but if you try I'm just going to say "Sir, This Is A Wendy's".)

> I think we both would tweak (if just a little bit) how we presented our articles with the benefit of hindsight.

Maybe you could present a joint statement of some kind, that would be interesting. I enjoy listening to the arguments of both camps and constantly comparing them to the actual state of things - and my conclusion is, sorry for the cliche, the only constant is change.

I on the other hand am the mental case that drinks rocket fuel.