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Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by 233mhz on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:13AM (#50366718)
Profit above all else, deregulation at all cost, "we're the police of the world", christian brained politicians, etc.
Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by andsoitis on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:38AM (#50367131)
> profit above all else

The world’s biggest philanthropists are American.

The US has for decades invested into charities and human development around the worlds .

> deregulation at all cost

The US has regulations. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world.

> Christian brained politicians

We have separation of church and state.

Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by JSR_FDED on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:51AM (#50367329)
It’s precisely because the corporate mindset of “profit before all else” that certain individuals become fabulously wealthy, enabling their philanthropy.

The Sackler family of opioid infamy were huge philanthropists. Not saying that the AI companies are like Purdue Pharma, but clearly philanthropy does not compensate for societal damage.

Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by andsoitis on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:53AM (#50367376)
Americans and the US as a whole are the most charitable in the world.

The data does not lie.

Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by goatlover on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @12:10PM (#50368542)
So why was US AID ended by DOGE?
Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by jfyi on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @12:31PM (#50368801)
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Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by 233mhz on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @12:38PM (#50368908)
> Americans and the US as a whole are the most charitable in the world.

Yeah because it includes lobbies and turbo billionaire pastors from texas using "charity" money to buy rolls royces as well as other highly retarded """charities""" that aren't even legal in the rest of the developed world

Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by 233mhz on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @12:35PM (#50368852)
> We have separation of church and state.

You have senators and wannabe senators quoting the bible on TV as their guiding star as we speak right now, give me a break

On top of that you can separate the church and the state all you want, when people like Thiel show up it doesn't matter, these people are deeply troubled, if they were muslim and saying 1/10th of what he says you'd send them to guantanamo

Re:Geoffrey Hinton: it might turn out we were better off wit... by hardbass on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:28PM (#50370375)
Better than in the hands of a rabbi or ayatollah or christian extremist or various others. I feel simply profit minded people are one of the less dangerous hands in which powerful tools can exist.