And they're usually defending genAI, which doesn't take much skill to operate. Expertise to eval outcomes, sure, but prompt writing is pretty basic.

If he believes that, he should honor those rights.

It's The Institute from That Hideous Strength. Only the meatheads are virtual.

I thought they already had one.

Not complacency, it's some vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Pragmatism is a sell out position.

Did @theonion.com hack NYP's website?

As seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. And other movies, shows, and books.

As if most of those biz leaders have any clue what AI is, can articulate genAI vs other types of AI, or have any real idea about what skills new grad hired need to do most jobs. But HE leaders keep pandering to these clueless yappers also known for BTW dictates and layoffs for shareholder value.

This coming from a group of people utterly convinced they are the only people smart enough and good enough to create the first AGI and in a way it won't destroy humanity.

Control. The throughline is control.

Turns out there are far fewer adults in the various rooms, than we'd expected or hoped. Too many hoping the bullies won't notice them today.

"I took this job to burn the place down. Why isn't it working?!?"

Always triggers reflection on Bonhöffer's framing of stupidity as a moral choice. That leads to thanks for telling me you're stupid, craven, selfish, and unable to conceive of or understand complexity beyond your very small existence.

Facebook you say? So it did its own research.

Here is UW - Madison's budget. Our <largest> funder is the federal government. 25%. It used to be the state. Either way, the university in its current form ceases to exist if these federal cuts really happen. But The. Public. Doesn't. Know. This. And our leaders are absent from the public debate.

I very much hope you're right.

I'm concerned the combination of the precedent set in 2008 and the recent AI Action Plan will mean obscene money will flow from the Fed (our tax $) to keep shoring up those corps preventing or stalling the collapse.

It is Forbes after all. Consider their audience. Your pushback on our behalf is appreciated.

There's been plenty of thought on the part of those trying to capture market share and impose their future on everyone. But yes, unconscionable that the watchdogs and gatekeepers are enablers of the predators.