[Rebuff5007]

> it's very hard to see how anyone could look at what just happened

I think what you are missing is their annual comp with two commas in it.

[brandall10]

When the genius of Upton Sinclair and Russ Hanneman come together so eloquently.

[the_real_cher]

This, for that check theyll be building the autonomous robots themselves, saying "theyre food delivery robots, thats not a gun that a drink dispenser!"

[collabs]

For today's lucky ten thousand, this essay was previously featured on HN

https://calebhearth.com/dont-get-distracted

Don't get distracted

[yaur]

Back in 1960 us early detection systems mistook the moon for a massive nuclear first strike with 99.9% certainty. With a fully autonomous system the world would have burned.

[cheonn638]

> theyre food delivery robots, thats not a gun that a drink dispenser!"

You underestimate how many top AI scientists are perfectly okay with building autonomous weapons systems and are not ashamed of it.

Me, and 99% of HN readers, will gladly pull the trigger to release a missile from a drone if we are paid even just US$1,000,000/year.

Now note that many L7+ at OpenAI are making $10 million+ per year.

[tmpz22]

Lets be real one comma is enough for most Americans to flee their own humanity.

[lazide]

Hey, with expected stock payout - tres commas!

Shit, I wonder if I still have any of those ‘tres commas club’ t-shirts lying around?