@deanwball: The best in ai politics is the one between the anti-AI leftists and the hardest core accelerationists, who both cling t…
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A tweet notes the amusing alignment between anti-AI leftists and hardcore accelerationists in denying AI as a transformative technology.
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The best 🤝 in ai politics is the one between the anti-AI leftists and the hardest core accelerationists, who both cling to denying AI as transformative technology. while it’ll never be a real coalition, it is amusing to observe nonetheless.
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