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Nice snippet from one of Dave Karpf's posts, talking about the wildly overblown predictions of tech generally and AI specifically -
"calibrate how much grace I offer to incorrect predictions based on how much power was behind them"
I like this. I would like to think that this is something I do, but always find difficult to describe in an eloquent, succinct way. It's a way of dealing with the world as it is. There's waaaay to much shit happening to worry about excessive puffery when there is no power behind it, when there's no danger involved. And given that billionaires in our society hold a great deal of power, it does mean that almost everything they say should be examined with a great deal of caution.