Comment by UncleMeat
5 days ago
Better to have Garry spend his time writing code than using his wealth to attack the very concept of liberal democracy or screech about college students on his blog.
5 days ago
Better to have Garry spend his time writing code than using his wealth to attack the very concept of liberal democracy or screech about college students on his blog.
I mean, couldn't Garry spend his time evangelizing YC as providing opportunity to talent that would not otherwise have access to said opportunity instead of either of those? It seems to me like that would be a better use of his time to achieve YC's objectives of funding somewhat competent, highly obsessive, morally flexible founders to create YC portfolio companies others are desperate to invest in at future higher valuations or to acquire. Perhaps I am misunderstanding the purpose of YC though.
He could. But he's also being using his wealth and influence to advocate for the destruction of liberal democracy alongside that activity, so I think it would be a net positive for him to fall into an AI psychosis such that he no longer has time to sabotage society.