Re:I'm Not Convinced the AI Bubble Exists
by ben_w on Monday November 09, 2026 @06:43PM
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Mm.
If, and it is a big "if", someone were to become "the gods of AI", they get to perform a "pivotal act", i.e. take over the world. And if they do it wrong, end the world.
From the public statements, I get the impression that Zuckerberg is saying words solely to give positive vibes and does't actually believe any of that; that Musk might believe all of that but has only given as much cursory thought to it as one might get from reading a Wikipedia plot summary of Colossus: The Forbin Project, all The Culture novels, and an elevator pitch (~30 seconds or so) with Yudkowsky in 2013; others have certainly painted Altman in similar light; which leaves Amodei as a solid "C-" in the sense that while Anthropic still isn't taking this even close to seriously enough, he hasn't overtly said or done things that implicitly or explicitly show he thinks it's just fairy tales to get nerds interested in working for him.
If, and it is a big "if", someone were to become "the gods of AI", they get to perform a "pivotal act", i.e. take over the world. And if they do it wrong, end the world.
From the public statements, I get the impression that Zuckerberg is saying words solely to give positive vibes and does't actually believe any of that; that Musk might believe all of that but has only given as much cursory thought to it as one might get from reading a Wikipedia plot summary of Colossus: The Forbin Project, all The Culture novels, and an elevator pitch (~30 seconds or so) with Yudkowsky in 2013; others have certainly painted Altman in similar light; which leaves Amodei as a solid "C-" in the sense that while Anthropic still isn't taking this even close to seriously enough, he hasn't overtly said or done things that implicitly or explicitly show he thinks it's just fairy tales to get nerds interested in working for him.