HN user
theyre food delivery robots, thats not a gun that a drink dispenser!"
You underestimate how many top AI scientists are perfectly okay with building autonomous weapons systems and are not ashamed of it.
Me, and 99% of HN readers, will gladly pull the trigger to release a missile from a drone if we are paid even just US$1,000,000/year.
Now note that many L7+ at OpenAI are making $10 million+ per year.
every change starts with a few people, and then it grows
your opinion is defense contracts are bad
my opinion is defense contracts are good
who is correct? probably me since 99.9% of Googlers won’t leave over this
If I'm paying $200+ a month I should be able to saturate Google with requests
Says who? You?
The customer? Who always wants a lower price?
All it takes is a tiny drone with a stick attached, and at the end of that stick is a tiny sponge soaked with tempera paint. Drone goes 'boop' on the camera lens, and the entire system is disabled until an expensive technician drives out with a ladder and cleans the lens at non-trivial expense
Americans don’t care enough
Too busy enjoying S&P500 near 7,000 and US$84,000/year median household income
That great commons that are the multi trillion dollar corporations that could buy multiple countries?
Exactly which countries could they buy?
Let me guess: you haven’t actually asked gemini
Epstein files.
Nobody cares
Investing 1 or 2% of global GDP to increase wealth gap 50% more
What’s your definition of wealth gap?
Is it how you feel when you see the name of a billionaire?
Yeah but my 401(k) tax statement paperwork doesn't make me feel like a pirate.
solo 401(k) is for you
Why not in gold while we're at it?
Crypto more hype-able
Unclear if it wants 媽媽 / 妈妈 as:
- māmā (incorrect)
- māma (correct)
Will one real/valuable company (SpaceX) be enough to save all the other grift company (X, xAI, Tesla) valuations?
unstoppable force (spacex) meets immovable wall (twitter, xAI, tesla)
Why would you pollute SpaceX’s valuation by coupling it with a toxic asset like xAi?
SpaceX IPO will save the current xAI/Twitter bag holders