He's mainly talking about environmental & social consequences now and in the future. He personally is beyond reach of such consequences given his seniority and age, so this speculative tangent is detracting from his main point, to put it charitably.

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aurareturn 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The way I see it is that he's using environmental & social consequences as a front to how he truly feels. Obviously, it's just what I'm seeing.

Maybe he truly does care about the environment is ready to give up flying, playing video games, watching TV, driving his car, and anything that pollutes the earth.

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idle_zealot 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> You criticize society and yet you participate in it. How curious.

	▲	aurareturn 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I didn't criticize society though?

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JodieBenitez 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ah... the old "all or nothing" fallacy, which in this case quickly leads to "save the planet, kill yourself". We need more nuance.

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paulhodge 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No you’re just deflecting his points with an ad hominem argument. Stop pretending to assume what he ‘truly feels’.

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aurareturn 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't even know who Rob Pike is to be honest. I'm not attacking him.

I'm not pretending to know how he feels. I'm just reading between the lines and speculating.

	▲	spacechild1 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe you should do some basic research instead of speculating. Rob Pike is not just some random software developer who might worry about his job.

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spacechild1 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

You mean you can't critize certain parts of society unless you live like a hermite?

> Obviously, it's just what I'm seeing.

Have you considered that this may just be a rationalization on your part?

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MangoCoffee 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>He's mainly talking about environmental & social consequences

That's such a weak argument. Then why not stop driving, stop watching TV, stop using the internet? Hell... let's go back and stop using the steam engine for that matter.

	▲	llmslave2 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The issue with this line of argumentation is that unlike gen AI, all of the things you listed produce actual value.
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	▲	awesome_dude 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Then why not stop driving You mean, we should all drive, oh I don't know, Electric powered cars?