• SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Sam Bankman-Fried is definitely bad for what he did and his belief in effective altruism, which is just another smoke screen to not properly tax rich people because they “donate to charities”. You could argue his getting into crypto also makes him bad because crypto mining is bad but he’s not on the same level as Sam Altman. Not even close.

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        1 year ago

        I’d rather pick someone who did something deserving of life in prison than someone who didn’t, but maybe that’s just me.

        Also, Sam Altman has no equity in, and was only paid $73k by OpenAI last year. You can dislike him for the rumors surrounding his managerial style and whatnot, but it’s pretty clear he isn’t exploiting people to get shit rich like everyone else on this list.

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          1 year ago

          I don’t.

          Altman is just a shitty rich person in tech wasting precious resources to teach a computer to create porn. Becaue we all know that’s what 99% of people do and will use AI for. He’s also a prepper which means he’s a selfish cunt.

          If he wasn’t promoting AI and trying to sell it as the next best thing to sliced bread he’d just be a shitty rich prepper. Instead he is wasting time and resources on AI.

          And my personal bias against crypto really lowers my “give a fuck” bar so while, again, what he did is bad I don’t care if he defrauded a bunch of crypto cunts. Same as I don’t care about people “loosing” their NFT’s.

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            1 year ago

            Instead he is wasting time and resources on AI.

            Under what circumstances would AI research and training not be considered a waste of time and resources, in your mind?

            I don’t care if he defrauded a bunch of crypto cunts

            Well, his whole ballgame was selling crypto to normal people, not cryptobros. Do you really think the FTX Super Bowl commercial was targeted at people who can articulate the differences in technology between Bitcoin and Ethereum?

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              1 year ago

              Under what circumstances would AI research and training not be considered a waste of time and resources, in your mind?

              Right now? None.

              Well, his whole ballgame was selling crypto to normal people, not cryptobros.

              All the same crypto cunts to me. Doesn’t matter if you mine, trade, marry or fuck crypto they are all the same cunts to me.

              Do you really think the FTX Super Bowl commercial was targeted at people who can articulate the differences in technology between Bitcoin and Ethereum?

              I don’t watch any sports and few to no ads so I have no idea what you are talking about.

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                1 year ago

                All the same crypto cunts to me. Doesn’t matter if you mine, trade, marry or fuck crypto they are all the same cunts to me.

                Wow, this is a concerningly sociopathic worldview. I’m quite sure that a lot of people who were fucked over by FTX were people you would otherwise consider to be your brethren. Or, y’know, your grandparents.

                And here I was thinking Lemmy would be less toxic than Reddit.

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                  1 year ago

                  Wow, this is a concerningly sociopathic worldview.

                  Okay.

                  I’m quite sure that a lot of people who were fucked over by FTX were people you would otherwise consider to be your brethren. Or, y’know, your grandparents.

                  I can tell you with great certainty that none of my friends or family were/are invested in crypto. None. And if even a single one had been my opinion on crypto cunts would not change.

                  And here I was thinking Lemmy would be less toxic than Reddit.

                  Sorry?

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                    11 months ago

                    Okay.

                    That’s the thing about sociopathy: you’re convinced that your opinion is enlightened because you have successfully disregarded the human cost of the issue at hand, when in reality that is the fundamental problem with your opinion.

                    Please, for all our sakes, learn to empathize with people who make mistakes you personally wouldn’t. Introspect on the conversation we just had, and ask yourself what stands to be gained from the opinion you hold.