"Tao has sold out to the AI grifters to prop up the AI hype bubble" is not a take I expected to see.

I think we can all be a bit grounded and understand reality as we see it -- one of the smartest living mathematicians is using an important invention. Not necessary to believe in any conspiracy theory.

We don’t even need to know addition to understand quid pro quo. (edit Okay we may have to understand both plus and minus here. But that’s it.)

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