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It won't matter anyway, he is the money man, not the brains behind AI. Someone else would take over, nothing would change.
He's the salesman. His ability to lie convincingly is a big reason for the bubble. If it weren't for him, the regular boom/bust cycle of AI that has happened regularly since the 1960s would have hit bust already.
Yup, that's my view of history, too--a vast sea of inevitabilities. Makes history-changing time travel narratives kinda meh.
Just to be clear, I'm all in favor of killing him, I just don't think it actually achieve anything useful. But you at it
There was a noticeable but temporary blip in United Health Care medical claim approval rates.
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