TechTakes

2605 readers

100 users here now

Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

This is not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.

For actually-good tech, you want our NotAwfulTech community

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

dgerard@awful.systems

Mythos is just too powerful? OK, we’ll ban it then (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 1 day ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The AI doomsday crank who cried wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dybon_41uI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260629-mythos-is-just-too-powerful-ok-well-ban-it-then - podcast

time: 5 min 06 sec

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] scruiser@awful.systems 2 points 14 hours ago

Some lesswrongers are happy about this news, talking up how their P(doom) is lower and that sort of thing. Of course some of them are sinophobic and worried now China will take the lead, which is obviously worse.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Amodei is the definition of "book smart" vs "street smart".

[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 2 points 8 hours ago

Somone on bsky wrote that he always sounds like a -6 karma lesswrong post, which, ok.