[csallen]

This is a super disingenuous take. He was very obviously making a specific point, not try express a perspective on the value of humanity.

[jmfldn]

I understand he’s making a technical point about efficiency, but language isn't neutral and I think it betrays something deeper. It's such a glib and shallow point too that I think it should be called out since he has a track record of saying some incredibly shallow things about AI, people, politics, and everything really.

[polotics]

The meaning of a message is what has been understood.

[dang]

Can you please make your substantive points without being snarky or condescending? Your comment would be fine without that last bit.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[csallen]

The meaning of a message is what is intended + communicated, assuming those intentions were communicated clearly.

Willfully interpreting otherwise (especially uncharitably so) is the very definition of being disingenuous, which is pretending to not know what was really meant.