Tom Albrecht

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I make Software in C++/Objective-C/Rust/Swift and occasionally designs websites
Apple VP Referred for Criminal Contempt After 'Outright Lies' in Epic Games Ruling

In a scorching ruling against Apple, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Wednesday accused an Apple finance executive of providing false testimony under...

MacRumors

Andrew Ng a professor at Stanford who taught machine learning to people like Sam Altman of Open AI and who also co-founded Google Brain has called bullshit on AI doomerism.

Ng states that the idea that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity is a lie being spread by big tech in the hope of triggering heavy regulation that would shut down competition in the AI market.

Crippling Open Source models is one outcome of this effort that’s succeeding.

https://www.afr.com/technology/google-brain-founder-says-big-tech-is-lying-about-ai-human-extinction-danger-20231027-p5efnz

Google Brain founder says big tech is lying about AI extinction danger

Andrew Ng is a global leader in AI development, and says companies like OpenAI are trying to force governments to regulate emerging open-source rivals out of existence.

Australian Financial Review
@nixCraft yeah, that's bullshit, this one is even more disastrous than the previous one.

@gangrif @nixCraft Uff, I mean, let me put it this way: It's not that people are necessarily angry, I think at this point people are mostly disappointed. At least I am.

I think the language used in this and other recent Blog Posts by RH don't sound like something one would expect from an open source company. Not today and especially not 10 years ago.

Guess how many Ford Pintos caught fire before they were recalled?

38 (27 deaths)

https://washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1978/05/09/fire-hazard-seen-in-2-million-pintos/98828a08-62e1-4847-a0f8-ffb5d4f4e34d/

Guess how many Teslas have caught fire? 144 (44 deaths)
https://tesla-fire.com

#Tesla

Fire Hazard Seen in 2 Million Pintos

Washington Post
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She-Rage, Princess of Pain on Twitter

“I laughed so hard at this”

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