Jim Nielsen

An AI that consumes the earth and humanity to maximalize the production of paperclips?

How about humanity that consumes the earth to maximalize the production of AI?

https://notes.jim-nielsen.com/#2026-02-13T2236

Jim Nielsen’s Notes

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>I tend to think that most fears about A.I. are best understood as fears about capitalism.

https://kottke.org/21/04/ted-chiang-fears-of-technology-are-fears-of-capitalism

Ted Chiang: Fears of Technology Are Fears of Capitalism

Writer Ted Chiang (author of the fantastic Exhalation) was recently a guest on the Ezra Klein Show. The conversation ranged widely — I enjoyed his thoughts on s

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