Maciej Cegłowski:
Grown adults, people who can tie their own shoes and are allowed to walk in traffic, seriously believe that we’re walking a tightrope between existential risk and immortality.
Some of them are the most powerful figures in our industry, people who can call up Barack Obama about the dangers of nanotechnology, and Obama has to say “Michelle, I need to take this.”
“Barack, it is three o’clock in the morning.”
“I know, but this guy is scared of sentient artificial intelligence and he’s a huge contributor.”
And then Obama just has to sit there and listen to this shit.
This bit made me laugh out loud. At 3am.
Easily one of the best pieces I’ve read all year!