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"mechanisms"....those would be values you're talking about and, yes, having different and diametrically opposed values can create conflict in relationships based upon shared values, histories and cooperation and influences how we act in the world and towards each other. And it's about care and harm.
Hypervisible“…the same mechanisms that drive people to grow wary of — and hostile toward — friends, co-workers and family members with different political beliefs are beginning to shape attitudes toward AI.”
"Sometimes I read a print book because a print book can’t read me back. It leaves me feeling like I won a war — a war I waged on myself, because I live on digital quicksand."
Sarah Kendzior"Israel, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, the US and more are merging into a mega-war run by robots. They used to call these World Wars. They used to call people on the phone. The most common call I get today is from someone named 'Scam Likely.'" sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/quicksand
Evil but evil is just really, at it's core, a lack of empathy mixed with sadism and this is just remarkably idiotic as a vision. What an incredibly shallow, greedy and amoral little man, very little despite his grandiosity, he is.
Dylan Roth“We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.” - Sam Altman. I will never stop thinking about how nakedly evil this is, and it has framed every single AI headline I’ve read since.