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059 - The Difference Engine, with Ben Tarnoff

General Intellect Unit

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The End of the Fucking AI Monstrosities

The tech sector, that's where innovation is happening. And that's where the American dream is still alive. That message did really carry up until 2013 with Snowden and then following that 2016 election. I think all this sort of stuff of it being the last gasp of capitalism helps to explain for me why it is that so many just ordinary programmers and tech folk default to like a watered down landing onism. But they actually affirm it. It's like, no, totally, you should totally just sell a city to Google or not even sell it to them. Just give it to them! They're wonderful. You know, just like, let the fucking AI monstrosities run loose.

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