No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector

Re:No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector by fwlr on Saturday October 24, 2026 @09:12PM (#50227201)

I basically agree that both of your points are major-to-catastrophic problems for OpenAI and Anthropic. I suppose it is true that if the companies fall apart, then my argument also falls apart. I think I would be pretty pleased in that scenario, all things considered.

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Re:No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector by extraextra on Sunday October 25, 2026 @05:59AM (#50229883)

I'm not rooting for anyone to have something bad happen to them or to their business.

I'm trying to be conscious about the situation because (like everyone else here) I've money on the line in the AI sector.

I hope this whole build-out turns out to be positive for our society.

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Re:No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector by fwlr on Sunday October 25, 2026 @03:28PM (#50235201)

Oh. Well, I am rooting for bad things to befall them. These companies are creating enormous negative externalities for society while pursuing profit and hewing to an ideology that believes it is genuinely risking destroying the world, and believes it is justified in subjecting everybody else to this risk because if they don’t, someone else might.

While in general I commend showing generosity and charity to those we disagree with, I don’t think it’s commendable to remain generous past the point where it becomes untenable.

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