Opinion | Press Pause on the Silicon Valley Hype Machine
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A.I. is looking less like an all-powerful being and more like an unreliable intern.
  • V0ldek@awful.systemsEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Give Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie billions of dollars

    I mean, if we took all net worth of Sam Altman and split it between these two guys who at least benefited humanity with their work we’d get at least a step closer to justice in the universe.

    Getting a Turing award: $1M

    Dropping out of Stanford to work on something unironically called “Loopt”: Priceless