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Terr_last Monday at 7:24 PM1 replyview on HN

I think "tax AI" makes as little sense as "taxing Jacquard looms" or "taxing robot factory-arms"... Which are all part of a long-term trend, and attention to that trend is overdue, rather than premature.


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ursAxZAlast Monday at 10:51 PM

Would you be comfortable giving that answer to someone who’s homeless or financially stuck today? I wouldn’t — and that’s the whole point.

We talk about tomorrow far more than we talk about what’s happening right in front of us. Quantum computing was ‘just around the corner.’ It wasn’t. Fusion was ‘imminent.’ Still isn’t.

I never argued we shouldn’t discuss the future.

I said it’s a matter of balance — something I already stated explicitly.

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