See comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646777#46650837

I do not think you are reacting to what I said in good faith.

> he better hope he's on the right side of history here, as otherwise he will have burnt his reputation

That's something I've actually given quite a lot of thought to. My reputation and credibility matters a great deal to me. If it turns out this entire LLM thing was an over-hyped scam I'll take a very big hit to that reputation, and I'll deserve it.

(If AI rises up and tries to kill or enslave us all I'll be too busy fighting back to care.)