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Ajuy lemmy.world Amine_Jouahri@lemmy.world
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Protoknuckles lemmy.world Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
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#2 · Quote Reply

That was already such a softball question, lol

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grumman lemmy.world grumman@lemmy.world
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#3 · Quote Reply

Oops, seems he mispronounced "that is the only question I prepared an answer for"

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VibeSurgeon piefed.social VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
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#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Truly one of the strangest people in tech. Imagine having been a Marxist and then turning into this? Deranged.

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Broadfern lemmy.world Broadfern@lemmy.world
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That was already such a softball question, lol

Yeah I mean he literally could have just said “I believe that we can have a productive discussion and find common ground in our goals for the future of the technology and the prosperity of the nation” or some such smarmy non-answer. Like..dude immediately assumed hostility instead of listening and seeing the kid gloves he was being handled with already lmao

Seems he’s perpetually on the back foot and feeling some high anxiety about the bullshit he’s peddling.

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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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#6 · Quote Reply

Truly one of the strangest people in tech. Imagine having been a Marxist and then turning into this? Deranged.

It kind of makes sense if you assume he was a leninist and by extension a stalinist.

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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Ah, yeah, AI doing so great on the war in Iran. /BIG-SARCASM

I do have to downvote because of TikTok tho

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CoconutLove lemmy.today CoconutLove@lemmy.today
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This guy is weird man. He is a black Jew and his background is in far left Marxism, but he ended up leading a fascist company.

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TheShamMirrors lemmy.today TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today
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Protoknuckles lemmy.world Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
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Yeah I mean he literally could have just said “I believe that we can have a productive discussion and find common ground in our goals for the future of the technology and the prosperity of the nation” or some such smarmy non-answer. Like..dude immediately assumed hostility instead of listening and seeing the kid gloves he was being handled with already lmao Seems he’s perpetually on the back fo...

Which is nice. These assholes deserve as much stress as we can give them.

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Waterpumpee lemmus.org Waterpumpee@lemmus.org
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Looks like his eyelids are hanging way low the first half. Incoherent lash out. Is he holding a passport?

I'd say it's cocaine or similar.

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SnausagesinaBlanket lemmy.world snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world
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Does Ai work for me?

Draw me a wingless bird made out of bacon flying in a frying pan with jet engines.

Palntir "I got you fam".

So useful and only took 2 kilowatts and 27 gallons of water to produce!

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Kintarian lemmy.world Kintarian@lemmy.world
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#13 · Quote Reply

Can we just stop fighting wars?

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breadsmasher lemmy.world breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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This guy is weird man. He is a black Jew and his background is in far left Marxism, but he ended up leading a fascist company.

“black jew”? what?

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soyslurper2 lemmy.dbzer0.com soyslurper2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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AI has to work for the warfighter and for enterprises

Do you feel like AI is working for you?

It's not supposed to work for us. I'm shocked by the honesty. AI is good for "the system", at the expense of individuals. I'm a little annoyed the clip cuts off there.

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baldingpudenda lemmy.world baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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CoconutLove lemmy.today CoconutLove@lemmy.today
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#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

“black jew”? what?

Mother is black, father is Jewish.

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ChicoSuave lemmy.world ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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It kind of makes sense if you assume he was a leninist and by extension a stalinist.

So a tankie?

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aaa999 lemmy.world aaa999@lemmy.world
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guy hasn't interacted with anyone but yes men in decades

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Fizz lemmy.nz Fizz@lemmy.nz
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Truly one of the strangest people in tech. Imagine having been a Marxist and then turning into this? Deranged.

So he was always deranged

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Obituarykidney lemmy.world Obituarykidney@lemmy.world
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Which is nice. These assholes deserve as much stress as we can give them.

Yeah I have that thought regularly. These idiots can't just keep to themselves and be rich and do literally whatever the fuck they want, they have to be in the public eye and fuck with our lives. But so far none of them seem mentally stable enough to maintain a good image if they're in front of the camera enough without a pr person filtering the things they say.

So I hope it gets to them that no one likes them. I hope they feel supremely lonely. Like that time Elon Musk thought he would be super cool and stream playing PoE but ended up rage quitting in silence while crying (in his private jet) because twitch chat spammed stuff like "Grimes will never love you" and telling him to pay child support. I hope they feel like that every day.

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bajabound lemmy.world bajabound@lemmy.world
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#22 · Quote Reply

Rant rant rant. Is his hat color coordinated with his suit and tie?

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zbyte64 awful.systems zbyte64@awful.systems
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This guy is weird man. He is a black Jew and his background is in far left Marxism, but he ended up leading a fascist company.

The last part reminds me of Mussolini

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Mike D piefed.social miked@piefed.social
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Looks like his eyelids are hanging way low the first half. Incoherent lash out. Is he holding a passport? I'd say it's cocaine or similar.

Looked like a passport.

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lessthanluigi lemmy.sdf.org lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org
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#25 · Quote Reply

You call this a mental breakdown?

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Delphia lemmy.world Delphia@lemmy.world
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Yeah I mean he literally could have just said “I believe that we can have a productive discussion and find common ground in our goals for the future of the technology and the prosperity of the nation” or some such smarmy non-answer. Like..dude immediately assumed hostility instead of listening and seeing the kid gloves he was being handled with already lmao Seems he’s perpetually on the back fo...

Honestly imagine how much better the traffic for somewhere like greater LA could be made by an AI system using cameras and variable speed limit signs to control the traffic flow.

If they used A.I to make our lives better in just a few ways I think society in general would be so much more tolerant of their shit.

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cazssiew lemmy.world cazssiew@lemmy.world
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Yeah I have that thought regularly. These idiots can't just keep to themselves and be rich and do literally whatever the fuck they want, they have to be in the public eye and fuck with our lives. But so far none of them seem mentally stable enough to maintain a good image if they're in front of the camera enough without a pr person filtering the things they say. So I hope it gets to them that n...

They've been feeling like that already, they don't need anyone to confront them to feel miserable. It's because they're miserable people that they do the shit they do.

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OrteilGenou lemmy.world OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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#28 · Quote Reply

So a tankie?

I don't think they have any tanks left. Ironic

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OrteilGenou lemmy.world OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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#29 · Quote Reply

Can we just stop fighting wars?

Since the first guy with a ripe apple was clobbered by some donkey tibia-wielding asshole, the answer has been no.

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OrteilGenou lemmy.world OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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#30 · (edited) Quote Reply

Oops, seems he mispronounced "that is the only question I prepared an answer for"

That would do well IRL.

"How did your meeting go?"

"Nah, I'm going to answer 'what do you have for lunch today?' instead. What? What do you mean 'why?' I don't think you give a damn about my lunch, do you Sandra? Real nice."

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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#31 · Quote Reply

karp looks like he just came out from the psychiatrist, with a mental breakdown. Thiel might not be pleased with karp right now.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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Truly one of the strangest people in tech. Imagine having been a Marxist and then turning into this? Deranged.

he is one of thiels prote'ge/

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WanderWisley lemmy.world WanderWisley@lemmy.world
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#33 · Quote Reply

Alex is what happens when a Reddit moderator breaks containment and drinks to much Pepsi Max.

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Slashme lemmy.world Slashme@lemmy.world
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Does Ai work for me? Draw me a wingless bird made out of bacon flying in a frying pan with jet engines. Palntir "I got you fam". So useful and only took 2 kilowatts and 27 gallons of water to produce!

kWh maybe? The kW is a measure of power, not energy.

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abbadon420 sh.itjust.works abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
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#35 · Quote Reply

AI has to work for the warfighter and for enterprises Do you feel like AI is working for you? It's not supposed to work for us. I'm shocked by the honesty. AI is good for "the system", at the expense of individuals. I'm a little annoyed the clip cuts off there.

That's what I thought too. This isn't a mental breakdown. This is someone forgetting to keep up appearances. This is someone speaking his truth, because this is actually how it works. There is a lot of money in the military complex and drone warfare is quickly become the reality of war. That it sometimes targets schools, is a shame,but it's less costly than sending actual soldiers to the battlefield. I believe these are the kind of visions companies like palintir and the US army are build on.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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#36 · Quote Reply

You call this a mental breakdown?

when thiel is not filling his mind on what to do and the antichrist.

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Rothe piefed.social Rothe@piefed.social
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#37 · Quote Reply

karp looks like he just came out from the psychiatrist, with a mental breakdown. Thiel might not be pleased with karp right now.

Thiel looks and acts pretty much the same. I think he revels in this sort of behaviour.

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rose56 lemmy.zip roserose56@lemmy.zip
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#38 · Quote Reply

READ RULE 5 AND THINK AGAIN BEFORE POSTING.

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IlCaviale lemmy.world IlCaviale@lemmy.world
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#39 · (edited) Quote Reply

That's what I thought too. This isn't a mental breakdown. This is someone forgetting to keep up appearances. This is someone speaking his truth, because this is actually how it works. There is a lot of money in the military complex and drone warfare is quickly become the reality of war. That it sometimes targets schools, is a shame,but it's less costly than sending actual soldiers to the battle...

Claude didn't just target the Minab school; it double tapped it. Also nuremberg etc. etc.
Seriously the sooner you guys stop giving any benefit of the doubt to these chess players, the sooner we can fix society. Any day now.

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qaz Moderator qaz@lemmy.world
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#40 · Quote Reply

READ RULE 5 AND THINK AGAIN BEFORE POSTING.

Could you elaborate in which way you consider this to be political? The reference to the "war fighter" which mirrors the current administration's rethoric?

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ParadoxSeahorse lemmy.world ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
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#41 · Quote Reply

Is it just a bunch of unpleasant people getting rich who ask obnoxious questions and refuse to answer the questions that they’re being asked?

Since you’re asking obnoxiously? Yeah

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chloroken lemmy.ml chloroken@lemmy.ml
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#42 · (edited) Quote Reply

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Lmao getting downvoted by .world users for being a bluemaga conspirational "everyone I hate is a Russian" is peak fucking comedy.

These are supposed to be your people! Lmao

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TheShamMirrors lemmy.today TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today
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#43 · (edited) Quote Reply

Lmao getting downvoted by .world users for being a bluemaga conspirational "everyone I hate is a Russian" is peak fucking comedy. These are supposed to be your people! Lmao
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chloroken lemmy.ml chloroken@lemmy.ml
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I can't imagine being a shitlib and getting merked by my own people like that. Absolutely hilarious. You literally have no ideological allies on Lemmy and I'm here for it.

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Kurtismayfield lemmy.zip Kurtismayfield@lemmy.zip
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#45 · Quote Reply

Alex is what happens when a Reddit moderator breaks containment and drinks to much Pepsi Max.

Nah, he is the perfect example of how nepotism and who you roommate with in college gets you ahead of everyone else. Sadly, using these parameters to choose leadership may be great for the ownership class, but sucks for the rest of the world.

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Kurtismayfield lemmy.zip Kurtismayfield@lemmy.zip
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#46 · Quote Reply

AI has to work for the warfighter and for enterprises Do you feel like AI is working for you? It's not supposed to work for us. I'm shocked by the honesty. AI is good for "the system", at the expense of individuals. I'm a little annoyed the clip cuts off there.

Right, Karp is a perfect product of a system that values money and who you know above all else. And will keep that system rolling.

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MonkderVierte lemmy.zip MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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#47 · Quote Reply

And there's only one country that has this kind of AI stack

China?

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answersplease77 lemmy.world answersplease77@lemmy.world
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#48 · (edited) Quote Reply

Is it just a bunch of unpleasant people getting rich who ask obnoxious questions and refuse to answer the questions that they’re being asked? Since you’re asking obnoxiously? Yeah

I was like ...Yes mf just like you said, on top of its evil use in surveillance and war crimes, poisoning nearby living things with frequency noise, destroying our water and electeicty resources and inflating bubble economy on the expense of losing actual jobs

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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#49 · Quote Reply

READ RULE 5 AND THINK AGAIN BEFORE POSTING.

my favorite thing about your comment is how desperately pathetic it is to set a narrative to silence the message that the post is conveying. ironically mirroring the manic panic of Alex Carp in an attempt to silence questions being raised in regards to the legitimacy of AI.

you even put it in ALL CAPS just like he was shouting over the reporter. how quaint.

they do say that pets often take on the appearance and mannerisms of their masters...

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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#50 · Quote Reply

Alex is what happens when a Reddit moderator breaks containment and drinks to much Pepsi Max.

pepsimaaaan

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CrimeIsLegalNow ani.social CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social
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#51 · (edited) Quote Reply

Alex is what happens when a Reddit moderator breaks containment and drinks to much Pepsi Max.

Including the fact that he used to be a Marxist.

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