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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by nl on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:21AM (#35386765)
I don't particularly care about crowds on Twitter or HN. Musk has lots of money but can't stop me spending mine.

Marcus said:

> We must demand transparency, and if we don’t get it, we must contemplate shutting these projects down.

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-sparks-of-agi-or-the-e...

(While at the same time still saying "it's nothing to do with AGI")

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by lkbm on Friday March 31, 2023 @09:48AM (#35387119)
Sure, sure, Marcus says one thing and has one set of motives. Elon Musk says another thing and has another set of motives. But if you want to dismiss this by questioning the motives of the signers, you've got a few thousand other people whose motives you have to identify and dismiss.

It would be much more effective, and meaningful, to challenge their arguments.

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Re:If AI scaling is to be shut down, let it be for a coheren... by nl on Friday March 31, 2023 @10:05AM (#35387354)
I think the Scott Aaroson link posted did a pretty good job of that.

I don't think their arguments deserve anything more than that.

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