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Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by rancar2 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:04AM (#50366588)
I think this recent post about a 2017 AI safety risk review may give some solid historical context that many of the leaders do not want to be the next Oppenheimer and have taken steps overtime to prevent being in that role themselves personally and collaborating with others so no one is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50366387

The only leader I’m not aware of really taking a more active role in safety on the daily is Elon Musk, so I’d like to see evidence supporting what he is doing or not doing on that front if someone from SpaceX can share their experience. The evidence on the environmental front from SpaceX is very concerning and is disregarding the wellbeing of the world and local populations in my opinion.

Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by herculity275 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:08AM (#50366638)
Musk has recently shifted to openly advocating for full-speed accelarationism, claiming that being a "biological bootloader for AGI" is a success condition for humanity. He's pretty clearly not concerned with preserving anything about the current state of the world.
Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by hardbass on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:22PM (#50370304)
Not against that concept in theory if it managed to be executed properly. Gene editing and centaurism always seemed natural next steps to me. I am willing to treat the viewpoint of some people wishing to slowing down or temporarily stopping such work in the sense that we must do a broader work of psychological/brain engineering to get people used to comfort and stop creating devils in their head when they are comfortable, otherwise I don't have any issues with transhumanism itself.