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user34283today at 10:02 AM1 replyview on HN

Many in the comment section are acting obtuse.

It's obviously the "vile machines raping the world and blowing up society" part that is particularly unhinged and possibly offensive.


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bartreadtoday at 11:15 AM

Be serious, will you?

He is, very directly and in shorthand form I’ll grant you, expressing concerns that many people share about both AI and the oligarchs in control of it.

But if you find the language offensive consider the very real possibility that, if we don’t get ourselves onto a better, more sustainable, and more equitable path, people will eventually start expressing themselves with bullets as well as with words.

Many of us would like to avoid that, especially if we have families, so the harsh language is the least of our concerns.