I see a Tolkien name on a tech company, I assume the founders deeply misunderstood Tolkien and probably are pretty gross. I haven't been wrong yet.

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egonschiele 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Armin is pretty well-known in the tech space. He has contributed a ton to open source and generally seems like a fairly principled person. I think this may be the first case where you turn out to be wrong :)

	▲	ahhhhnoooo 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Here's hoping!

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incanus77 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> First things first: I think you should read Mario’s post.

And from that:

> Despite its Tolkien-inspired name, Earendil is not a tech company with fascist tendencies. Quite the opposite. They are basically well-meaning hippies in my book, who think software, and specifically AI, should serve humans, not the other way around.

So, somewhat hopeful? I'm not sure I can take any more of this grossness.

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dpoloncsak 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I know nothing about Earendil and this is not meant to take away from them, but half of Alexander Karp's (Palantir CEO) book was "We are basically well-meaning hippies in my book, who think software, and specifically AI, should serve humans, not the other way around."

	▲	popalchemist 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Right. And now he brags about being part of an automated kill chain and being proud that he kills his enemies. Words carry no weight in a world where every person in power weaponizes lying.

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

Good thing my project is not a company, then: <https://www.recompile.se/mandos>

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popalchemist 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

The right wing completely misunderstands Tolkien and/or is deliberately co-opting it in an attempt to gaslight the world about their nature/motives.