was anxious to read this again but i think it holds up! interestingly I cannot find much information about Thrive AI Health that isn’t from 2024…

which is to say...we are not dealing with a shared sense of decency or morality from which to even communicate about this or even shame them

and yet i am almost positive if you were to hand this passage to the people who made these decisions they'd be like, 'hell yeah that's what we're after.'

it does!

ngl, a little disorienting to see a clip of candace owens watching a clip of me and ed elson talking about the clipping economy

At the very least, what I appreciate about David Robinson's resignation press tour is that he's very clearly laying the ground work to throw the book at this company and its executives if some really bad stuff happens.

If you believe that soon you will not be able to adequately evaluate or vouch for what you product might do out in the world (saying nothing of the ways *other* people might use it) then one might think you need to completely rethink how your company operates or you cannot operate.

I am trying to think of AI from a standard corporate accountability perspective and I found this line from the safety policy employee who quit to be the most succinct explanation of the concern. it doesn't need you to buy into any sci-fi narratives. it's all about scale/scope:

yeah, that's what I'm seeing. might talk to our shelter here about something like this...i would go do it once a week if i had the option!

is this a common thing like across the country or is this just a great program in your area?

i have a totally unproven and clearly overly broad thesis that most people doing laptop jobs have stopped caring and that 'whatever just hit the KPIs' is pretty much the default state

not a comment on anyone's looks fwiw...a comment on somebody standing up like it is a new activity for them

...is this their first time...standing on their own feet?

completely distracted by and very much need to know more about what's going on with the person in red here

"If social media has made us more stupid, the movie treats us accordingly"

not the important point here but "The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East" is a great band name

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

I am lucky to enjoy these for many months out of the year but they really sing right before the end!

whoa exact same