Just the haters here? Is what was written not hateful? Has his entire working life not lead to this moment of "spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society?"

  Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable 
  equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile 
  machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

That's Rob Pike, having spent over 20 years at Google, must know it to be the home of the non-monetary wholesome recyclable equipment brought about by economics not formed by an ubiquitous surveillance advertising machine.

> To purely associate with him with Google is a mistake, that (ironically?) the AI actually didn't make.

You don't have to purely associate him with Google to understand the rant as understandable given AI spam, and yet entirely without a shred of self-awareness.

▲ Scubabear68 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I think Rob gets a pass, yes, due to his extensive contributions to software.

And he is allowed to work for google and still rage against AI.

Life is complicated and complex. Deal with it.

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adolph 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> And he is allowed to work for google and still rage against AI.

The specific quote is "spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society." What has he supported for the last 20+ years if not that? Did he think his compute ran on unicorn farts?

Clearly he knows, since he self-replies "I apologize to the world at large for my inadvertent, naive if minor role in enabling this assault."

Just because someone does awesome stuff, like Rob Pike has, doesn't mean that their blind spots aren't notable. You can give him a pass and the root comment sure wishes everyone would, but in doing so you put yourself in the position of the sycophant letting the emperor strut around with no clothes.

	▲	Scubabear68 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have no idea who you are. I know who Rob Pike is. Rob is not strutting around with no clothes, he literally has decades upon decades of contributions to the industry.