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RomanPushkin • today at 4:38 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I hope OpenAI will prove its usefulness in stealing joy from mathematicians, engineers, and biologists this time. It feels like there's a chance of warmer feedback this time from everyone out there keeping an eye on what they do.

Personally I would forgive all of the joy being stolen by AI if they discover something fundamental and outstanding that would help all of us.


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dyauspitr • today at 5:19 PM

> stealing joy from mathematicians, engineers, and biologists

This is the weakest possible rationalization against the AI takeover. Solving real world problems isn’t “stealing joy”. Those problems shouldn’t be gatekept. It paints our scientists as rent seekers.

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binlog • today at 5:52 PM

“AI shouldn’t make groundbreaking advancements because the scientists who otherwise wanted to make those advancements feel sad”.

All those scientists can go pound sand as far as I am concerned. I don’t give a shit about “joy” I care about curing diseases and solving the universe’s mysteries. If AI can get us there faster then I’m 100% for it.

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