One of the things that is amazing about AI derangement syndrome is that when you call someone out for buying into that shit -- someone you've previously been on quite good terms with for decades -- their response to you saying, "hey, you should stop doing that, there is no ethical use of this tech" is a level of offense as if you have just fucked their cat.

Some of you probably know who I'm talking about. If not, you probably have examples yourselves.

@jwz i can't tell you how many people are precisely this guy
@davidgerard It's really feeling like a contagion!
@jwz memetic prion disease
@davidgerard @jwz or ergotism, the neurological version.
@mawhrin @jwz a subclass of asshole personality disorder