← Back to context Comment by palmotea 2 days ago [flagged] 18 comments palmotea Reply unsui 2 days ago No, this is not good, in any way, except for AI shareholders (of which I assume you are one, else not rational to support this position).Paperclipping here, greedily optimizing for shareholder value above all else. Please stop. deadbunny 2 days ago Some people really so need the /s huh dgellow 2 days ago To be fair, the AI boosters are saying the exact same thing but mean it seriously. There is no way to distinguish without a tone indicator 3 replies → unsui 2 days ago sadly, Poe's law scales exponentially on HN __MatrixMan__ 17 hours ago If the shareholders are backing outcomes that make life worse for the rest of us, they deserve to lose money. whateveracct 2 days ago what the heckdid you drop a '/s'? OutOfHere 2 days ago > and the shareholders.Your comment is an illustration of exactly what is wrong with this website. Given his preceding statements, I sincerely do not believe it is sarcasm. dijit 2 days ago I'm quite sure he's being sarcastic."The best good ever is to maximise shareholder profits" is a tired and cliched caricature that some people unfortunately take seriously. But this is too on the nose. unsui 2 days ago The fact that, on HN, you can't be sure of that, tells you all you need to know. yoyohello13 19 hours ago I’ve been on HN long enough to know that a disturbing number of people do actually believe that line and act accordingly. 1 reply → OutOfHere 2 days ago I have the innate right to take what is said literally. Moreover, his preceding statements attempt to legitimize his concluding statement. 2 replies →
unsui 2 days ago No, this is not good, in any way, except for AI shareholders (of which I assume you are one, else not rational to support this position).Paperclipping here, greedily optimizing for shareholder value above all else. Please stop. deadbunny 2 days ago Some people really so need the /s huh dgellow 2 days ago To be fair, the AI boosters are saying the exact same thing but mean it seriously. There is no way to distinguish without a tone indicator 3 replies → unsui 2 days ago sadly, Poe's law scales exponentially on HN
deadbunny 2 days ago Some people really so need the /s huh dgellow 2 days ago To be fair, the AI boosters are saying the exact same thing but mean it seriously. There is no way to distinguish without a tone indicator 3 replies → unsui 2 days ago sadly, Poe's law scales exponentially on HN
dgellow 2 days ago To be fair, the AI boosters are saying the exact same thing but mean it seriously. There is no way to distinguish without a tone indicator 3 replies →
__MatrixMan__ 17 hours ago If the shareholders are backing outcomes that make life worse for the rest of us, they deserve to lose money.
OutOfHere 2 days ago > and the shareholders.Your comment is an illustration of exactly what is wrong with this website. Given his preceding statements, I sincerely do not believe it is sarcasm. dijit 2 days ago I'm quite sure he's being sarcastic."The best good ever is to maximise shareholder profits" is a tired and cliched caricature that some people unfortunately take seriously. But this is too on the nose. unsui 2 days ago The fact that, on HN, you can't be sure of that, tells you all you need to know. yoyohello13 19 hours ago I’ve been on HN long enough to know that a disturbing number of people do actually believe that line and act accordingly. 1 reply → OutOfHere 2 days ago I have the innate right to take what is said literally. Moreover, his preceding statements attempt to legitimize his concluding statement. 2 replies →
dijit 2 days ago I'm quite sure he's being sarcastic."The best good ever is to maximise shareholder profits" is a tired and cliched caricature that some people unfortunately take seriously. But this is too on the nose. unsui 2 days ago The fact that, on HN, you can't be sure of that, tells you all you need to know. yoyohello13 19 hours ago I’ve been on HN long enough to know that a disturbing number of people do actually believe that line and act accordingly. 1 reply → OutOfHere 2 days ago I have the innate right to take what is said literally. Moreover, his preceding statements attempt to legitimize his concluding statement. 2 replies →
yoyohello13 19 hours ago I’ve been on HN long enough to know that a disturbing number of people do actually believe that line and act accordingly. 1 reply →
OutOfHere 2 days ago I have the innate right to take what is said literally. Moreover, his preceding statements attempt to legitimize his concluding statement. 2 replies →
No, this is not good, in any way, except for AI shareholders (of which I assume you are one, else not rational to support this position).
Paperclipping here, greedily optimizing for shareholder value above all else. Please stop.
Some people really so need the /s huh
To be fair, the AI boosters are saying the exact same thing but mean it seriously. There is no way to distinguish without a tone indicator
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sadly, Poe's law scales exponentially on HN
If the shareholders are backing outcomes that make life worse for the rest of us, they deserve to lose money.
what the heck
did you drop a '/s'?
> and the shareholders.
Your comment is an illustration of exactly what is wrong with this website. Given his preceding statements, I sincerely do not believe it is sarcasm.
I'm quite sure he's being sarcastic.
"The best good ever is to maximise shareholder profits" is a tired and cliched caricature that some people unfortunately take seriously. But this is too on the nose.
The fact that, on HN, you can't be sure of that, tells you all you need to know.
I’ve been on HN long enough to know that a disturbing number of people do actually believe that line and act accordingly.
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I have the innate right to take what is said literally. Moreover, his preceding statements attempt to legitimize his concluding statement.
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