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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by logicchains on Thursday November 02, 2023 @08:50AM (#38112794)
>Given we seem to have a decent range of persuasiveness even amongst these very very similar minds, why do you think the upper limit for persuasiveness is a charismatic human

Because there's a hard limit on how much people can be made to act against their own self interest.

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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by concordDance on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:27AM (#38113218)
Is there really? Some religious orgs have gotten quite good at getting people to blow themselves up for the promise of 77 virgins after death.
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Re:Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is re... by arbitrary_name on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:02PM (#38119238)
Ever heard of the Jonestown Massacre? Suicide seems to be a fairly consequential upper limit.
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