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• pier 26 Aug 2026 3:06 UTC

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  in reply to: Jared M.’s comment on: AI 2040: Plan A

  (Sorry for the late reply—had not opened LW in a while)
  
  I do not plan to succumb to despair but instead plan to rage against the dying of the light. Whether I believe our endeavors will be successful or not does not change the fact that I would have preferred less turbulent times. Nothing wrong with wishing for peace even if you are forced to go to war.

• pier 9 Jul 2026 17:27 UTC

  47 points

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  on: AI 2040: Plan A

  “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times.”

• pier 27 Nov 2025 16:46 UTC

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  in reply to: Petropolitan’s comment on: de­bat­ing buy­ing NVDA in 2019

  Google In Talks To Offer Its AI Chips To Meta; Nvidia, AMD Fall

• pier 14 Mar 2023 20:01 UTC

  3 points

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  in reply to: gwern’s comment on: Bing Chat is blatantly, ag­gres­sively misaligned

  Well, it seems that you were correct in your first analysis, given the recent MS announcement.

• pier 9 Apr 2022 18:14 UTC

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  in reply to: Dave Orr’s comment on: Play­ing with DALL·E 2

  Thanks—quite cool results!

• pier 8 Apr 2022 16:36 UTC

  2 points

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  on: Play­ing with DALL·E 2

  This is really interesting… could I request “new AI system that can create realistic images”? I’m curious to see how it handles self-reference