Aschenbrenner bet everything on AI — and lost (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 3 days ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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everyone’s a genius in a bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA9xQT2cPhE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260804-aschenbrenner-bet-everything-on-ai-and-lost - podcast

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[-] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 10 points 3 days ago

As a visualization of how wild this could be, look at some Youtube videos of video game speedruns, such as this one of beating Minecraft in 20 seconds.

Now imagine this applied to all domains of science, technology, and the economy.

Tell me you have the mental maturity of a 12 year old without telling me you have the mental maturity of a 12 year old.

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