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hashmap • yesterday at 2:06 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

It is as much of a mistake to anthropomorphize billionaires as it is to anthropomorphize LLMs. People with resources greater than nations are .001% human and the rest is closer to a lovecraftian god. Consider that he can shatter markets or send massive trading companies under simply by having an affair. The empathy is misplaced.


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mapcars • yesterday at 2:33 PM

The mistake is to direct your empathy only one way

ExoticPearTree • yesterday at 2:14 PM

He actually built something amazing. That is why he should be thanked and left alone, not thrown under the bus.

So much hate for him, it is sad.

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sys32768 • yesterday at 3:25 PM

Are you saying Jensen had godlike sex with that Chinese spy?

deaton • yesterday at 9:38 PM

Are you and I looking at the same thing? Huang is a human, in every way you and I are. If he took a DNA test it would say he's human. Right now he is a human having what is probably the worst week of his life. A pretty good life? Sure. But empathy isn't about weighing what he "deserves" or making arbitrary judgements about how he should feel in regards to the level of wealth & power he wields. The fact is he's a human being who is experiencing a lot of pain. You should feel empathy for him and for the people he's hurt. If you don't, maybe you're more like an LLM.