Yesterday, I published an article for Truthdig on Sam Altman’s pro-extinctionism. “Few people in the media seem to have noticed Altman’s pro-extinctionist agenda,” I wrote. “The public is largely unaware.”
This article is based on an essay Altman wrote 9 years ago where he claims that humanity’s only hope of survival is to merge with AI and transcend into a new, transhuman species.
Look, I fucking hate Sam Altman. He represents everything that’s wrong with the Tech industry, and is also a pretty good example of everything that’s wrong with capitalism writ large. Sam sucks. He lies, he cheats, he steals. But lying about Altman does not help the anti-AI cause. It just muddies the message and gives bad actors more shit to stir. And besides… it’s not like we have to make shit up about the guy to make him look bad. There’s SO much crazy shit he actually did say that you can point to instead.
I’m reporting this post to the mods as misinformation, and I hope others do too. AI sucks. Sam sucks. But we have to tell the truth, or we’re no better than they are.
He didn’t say that.
This article is based on an essay Altman wrote 9 years ago where he claims that humanity’s only hope of survival is to merge with AI and transcend into a new, transhuman species.
Look, I fucking hate Sam Altman. He represents everything that’s wrong with the Tech industry, and is also a pretty good example of everything that’s wrong with capitalism writ large. Sam sucks. He lies, he cheats, he steals. But lying about Altman does not help the anti-AI cause. It just muddies the message and gives bad actors more shit to stir. And besides… it’s not like we have to make shit up about the guy to make him look bad. There’s SO much crazy shit he actually did say that you can point to instead.
I’m reporting this post to the mods as misinformation, and I hope others do too. AI sucks. Sam sucks. But we have to tell the truth, or we’re no better than they are.