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AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think Max Tegmark is like other public intellectuals, for example, Michio Kaku, that have to say something controversial periodically to stay in he news and maintain their reputation.

[–] theluddite@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe. It had been almost 15 years since I last heard of him until the EA stuff started going mainstream, but he was a very well respected physicist, especially for how young he was back then. After having taken several very small classes with him, it would surprise me if he was a clout chaser. People are complicated though, so who knows.