▲ 51 ▼ Nearly 200 Economists and Tech Leaders Warn of A.I. Threats (www.nytimes.com) submitted 4 months ago by nymnympseudonym@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments A letter calls for policymakers to do more to understand and respond to potential disruptions from artificial intelligence.
[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (6 children) Stop repeating corpo criti-hype permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 3 points 4 months ago (5 children) It's the New York Times. I'm not claiming they're without bias, but come on man permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (4 children) It’s not the paper here so much as the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 0 points 4 months ago* (3 children) You have an axe to grind, more like a religious tenet than an honest fact-based opinion. Tell me, of the 16 Nobel laureates in Economics the list, who got their prizes over the last 20 years, on issues from the effects of institutions to markets, policy, dynamics, development economics, and behavioral dynamics ... which exactly are the "worst people", and why, specifically? EDIT: make your job easier, here are their names. The scoundrels! Daron Acemoglu Simon Johnson James A. Robinson Joseph E. Stiglitz A. Michael Spence Eric S. Maskin Roger B. Myerson Paul R. Milgrom Robert B. Wilson Robert J. Shiller Christopher A. Pissarides Peter A. Diamond Dale T. Mortensen Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Michael Kremer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children) Just to be clear: you think it’s the AI skeptics whose views are faith-like, and you give me an appeal to authority to back that up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Your OG contribution: Stop repeating corpo criti-hype I pointed out that I am posting a short simple statement backed up by hundreds of impressive people, including over a dozen Nobel Laureates. Your response: the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) So I listed their names and asked for how, specifically, these are the "worst people". How do you come to that conclusion? Is it by virtue of the fact that they have Nobel prizes? Or because they signed the statement? If the latter, which, at least, of the 3 points do you disagree with, and why? Are you this reflexively contrarian with everyone, or just me personally? Just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* There is no Nobel prize in economics; the award you’re referring to was created long after Nobel’s death and has been “awarded” to many reactionaries including Milton Friedman. If someone criticized the idea that the social responsibility of corporations is to maximize profit and someone else responded by pointing to Friedman’s fake award, it would have about as much merit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 3 points 4 months ago (5 children) It's the New York Times. I'm not claiming they're without bias, but come on man permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (4 children) It’s not the paper here so much as the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 0 points 4 months ago* (3 children) You have an axe to grind, more like a religious tenet than an honest fact-based opinion. Tell me, of the 16 Nobel laureates in Economics the list, who got their prizes over the last 20 years, on issues from the effects of institutions to markets, policy, dynamics, development economics, and behavioral dynamics ... which exactly are the "worst people", and why, specifically? EDIT: make your job easier, here are their names. The scoundrels! Daron Acemoglu Simon Johnson James A. Robinson Joseph E. Stiglitz A. Michael Spence Eric S. Maskin Roger B. Myerson Paul R. Milgrom Robert B. Wilson Robert J. Shiller Christopher A. Pissarides Peter A. Diamond Dale T. Mortensen Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Michael Kremer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children) Just to be clear: you think it’s the AI skeptics whose views are faith-like, and you give me an appeal to authority to back that up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Your OG contribution: Stop repeating corpo criti-hype I pointed out that I am posting a short simple statement backed up by hundreds of impressive people, including over a dozen Nobel Laureates. Your response: the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) So I listed their names and asked for how, specifically, these are the "worst people". How do you come to that conclusion? Is it by virtue of the fact that they have Nobel prizes? Or because they signed the statement? If the latter, which, at least, of the 3 points do you disagree with, and why? Are you this reflexively contrarian with everyone, or just me personally? Just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* There is no Nobel prize in economics; the award you’re referring to was created long after Nobel’s death and has been “awarded” to many reactionaries including Milton Friedman. If someone criticized the idea that the social responsibility of corporations is to maximize profit and someone else responded by pointing to Friedman’s fake award, it would have about as much merit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (4 children) It’s not the paper here so much as the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 0 points 4 months ago* (3 children) You have an axe to grind, more like a religious tenet than an honest fact-based opinion. Tell me, of the 16 Nobel laureates in Economics the list, who got their prizes over the last 20 years, on issues from the effects of institutions to markets, policy, dynamics, development economics, and behavioral dynamics ... which exactly are the "worst people", and why, specifically? EDIT: make your job easier, here are their names. The scoundrels! Daron Acemoglu Simon Johnson James A. Robinson Joseph E. Stiglitz A. Michael Spence Eric S. Maskin Roger B. Myerson Paul R. Milgrom Robert B. Wilson Robert J. Shiller Christopher A. Pissarides Peter A. Diamond Dale T. Mortensen Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Michael Kremer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children) Just to be clear: you think it’s the AI skeptics whose views are faith-like, and you give me an appeal to authority to back that up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Your OG contribution: Stop repeating corpo criti-hype I pointed out that I am posting a short simple statement backed up by hundreds of impressive people, including over a dozen Nobel Laureates. Your response: the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) So I listed their names and asked for how, specifically, these are the "worst people". How do you come to that conclusion? Is it by virtue of the fact that they have Nobel prizes? Or because they signed the statement? If the latter, which, at least, of the 3 points do you disagree with, and why? Are you this reflexively contrarian with everyone, or just me personally? Just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* There is no Nobel prize in economics; the award you’re referring to was created long after Nobel’s death and has been “awarded” to many reactionaries including Milton Friedman. If someone criticized the idea that the social responsibility of corporations is to maximize profit and someone else responded by pointing to Friedman’s fake award, it would have about as much merit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 0 points 4 months ago* (3 children) You have an axe to grind, more like a religious tenet than an honest fact-based opinion. Tell me, of the 16 Nobel laureates in Economics the list, who got their prizes over the last 20 years, on issues from the effects of institutions to markets, policy, dynamics, development economics, and behavioral dynamics ... which exactly are the "worst people", and why, specifically? EDIT: make your job easier, here are their names. The scoundrels! Daron Acemoglu Simon Johnson James A. Robinson Joseph E. Stiglitz A. Michael Spence Eric S. Maskin Roger B. Myerson Paul R. Milgrom Robert B. Wilson Robert J. Shiller Christopher A. Pissarides Peter A. Diamond Dale T. Mortensen Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Michael Kremer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children) Just to be clear: you think it’s the AI skeptics whose views are faith-like, and you give me an appeal to authority to back that up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Your OG contribution: Stop repeating corpo criti-hype I pointed out that I am posting a short simple statement backed up by hundreds of impressive people, including over a dozen Nobel Laureates. Your response: the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) So I listed their names and asked for how, specifically, these are the "worst people". How do you come to that conclusion? Is it by virtue of the fact that they have Nobel prizes? Or because they signed the statement? If the latter, which, at least, of the 3 points do you disagree with, and why? Are you this reflexively contrarian with everyone, or just me personally? Just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* There is no Nobel prize in economics; the award you’re referring to was created long after Nobel’s death and has been “awarded” to many reactionaries including Milton Friedman. If someone criticized the idea that the social responsibility of corporations is to maximize profit and someone else responded by pointing to Friedman’s fake award, it would have about as much merit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children) Just to be clear: you think it’s the AI skeptics whose views are faith-like, and you give me an appeal to authority to back that up? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Your OG contribution: Stop repeating corpo criti-hype I pointed out that I am posting a short simple statement backed up by hundreds of impressive people, including over a dozen Nobel Laureates. Your response: the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) So I listed their names and asked for how, specifically, these are the "worst people". How do you come to that conclusion? Is it by virtue of the fact that they have Nobel prizes? Or because they signed the statement? If the latter, which, at least, of the 3 points do you disagree with, and why? Are you this reflexively contrarian with everyone, or just me personally? Just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* There is no Nobel prize in economics; the award you’re referring to was created long after Nobel’s death and has been “awarded” to many reactionaries including Milton Friedman. If someone criticized the idea that the social responsibility of corporations is to maximize profit and someone else responded by pointing to Friedman’s fake award, it would have about as much merit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Your OG contribution: Stop repeating corpo criti-hype I pointed out that I am posting a short simple statement backed up by hundreds of impressive people, including over a dozen Nobel Laureates. Your response: the signers that are the problem (though the NYT is more than happy to platform the worst people) So I listed their names and asked for how, specifically, these are the "worst people". How do you come to that conclusion? Is it by virtue of the fact that they have Nobel prizes? Or because they signed the statement? If the latter, which, at least, of the 3 points do you disagree with, and why? Are you this reflexively contrarian with everyone, or just me personally? Just curious permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* There is no Nobel prize in economics; the award you’re referring to was created long after Nobel’s death and has been “awarded” to many reactionaries including Milton Friedman. If someone criticized the idea that the social responsibility of corporations is to maximize profit and someone else responded by pointing to Friedman’s fake award, it would have about as much merit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* There is no Nobel prize in economics; the award you’re referring to was created long after Nobel’s death and has been “awarded” to many reactionaries including Milton Friedman. If someone criticized the idea that the social responsibility of corporations is to maximize profit and someone else responded by pointing to Friedman’s fake award, it would have about as much merit. permalink fedilink source parent