The consistent message from social media in the last 10 years is: don't try to talk sense. That will be punished.

they won't even show a chart in the article. 493 is up ... look at a 2025 5y chart. not that "basically flat" (actually 2023) chart google tries to feed you as a top result.

What if I have a mission and I like it and it’s totally authentic? My customers like it too. Are you calling me full of it for achieving that difficult goal?

I think you’re right about a lot of inauthentic mission statements, but I think crass swearing is the real “needless bullshit”.

Here’s a good take on it: https://www.ai-breakout.com/post/ai-alignment-and-the-messia...

I also think we would all be very wise to remember the story of Henny Penny / “Chicken Little”. https://americanliterature.com/childrens-stories/henny-penny...

Specifically, the danger brought by hysteria. In our case, Alignment is probably much more effective and achievable when the widest possible community of researchers and engineers have access to knowledge, and much more perilous if they don’t because deluded parties thought it should be contained to a much smaller elite “secure” group.

He’s also one of the best candidates for that type of conspiracy theory. His career history is flabbergasting.

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld#Corporate_conn...

In addition to all the Bohemian Club, RAND corp, defense and government posts, in the 70s the guy was a CEO in the pharmaceuticals and electronics industries, was a director in aerospace, media and tech.

Definitely the type of resume that lets the imagination run wild with, “… wait, was he a lizard person …?”

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

You may want to ignore that this this comes from Donald Rumsfeld (he has some great ones though: “unknown unknowns …”, etc.)

I think about this a lot when working on teams. Everyone is not perfectly agreeable or has the same understanding or collective goals. Some may be suboptimal or prone to doing things you don’t prefer. But having a team is better than no team, so find the best way to accomplish goals with the one you have.

It applies to systems well too.

My own opinion: their arrogance is the most offensive part of the situation. There are plenty of great doctors and surgeons out there, don’t get me wrong. But the majority seem to think they are a superior species.

How about this:

> 5. See eye to eye: Right-of-way is negotiated by human interaction, rather than commonly ignored signs.

First of all, signs are definitely not "commonly ignored". The opposite is true. Right-of-way should be defendable in a fair court. Rules are the only way to do that. If two people see each other fine, what happens when they both "feel" right and enter each other's path?

The article is overloaded with fallacies.