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[–] 180 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

By his logic—we may as well just bury this guy alive, he’s just going to die anyways.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    I'm...like super good at digging...

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Hitachi 1200 with a long stick lol.

    Why the fuck are we going so deep?

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  • [–] 102 points 2 years ago

    Another billionaire tech founder demonstrating that these are exactly the people who need to be kept as far away as possible from positions of influence in our society.

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  • [–] 69 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Even ignoring the selfish elitist tone, this is like saying "things won't be perfect, so why even try?" I hate defeatism, especially when it harms all of us.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    These Google guys are such a disappointment. They could’ve done something inspirational, but what have they done?

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago

    Be honest, Eric. "We should go all in on harmful bullshit because I make money from it."

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Would be a shame if someone sunk his yacht

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Did he also say "And do not quote me" the same way he did when he told people to just steal what they want and hire lawyers to clean up the mess if they were successful?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    It's easier to apologise than ask permission.

    /s

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission" was coined by Admiral Grace Hopper for use in a very different context. It is intended to mean that, when dealing with a beaurocracy like the military, it is often easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.

    She certainly wouldn't have intended for it to be used in the context of theft.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    So much for don't be evil.

    At least as the planet burns, it will be because we now have AI that tells us to superglue our pizza together or jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. Whatever would we do without it?

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    Take a long walk off a short pier, Eric.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Currently getting coffee, Viking Hippie says Eric Schmidt should go fuck himself with a rusty rail spike and keep his garbage opinions to himself.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Hopefully Google kills him off next.

    https://killedbygoogle.com/

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    And if AI decided that the fastest way to make a difference with climate change was to guillotine all the billionaires, he'd be on board? Because I can save all that spend and tell him right now that removing that number of super polluters who consistently lobby against environmental protections would make a noticeable impact.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Not with you rich fuckers having that fucking attitude.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Plus Elon and Sergey and Jeff said they’re totally leaving room for me in the domed city while the space ark is being built.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Because it's a universal technology, and because it's the arrival of an alien intelligence… we may make mistakes with respect to how it's used, but I can assure you that we're not going to get there through conservation."

    I can't understand what he's saying, even though it's in english. Did AI mean Alien Intelligence all this time?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is a sensationalized title. As always - nobody ever reads the bloody articles. What he actually said was

    we're not going to hit the climate goals anyway because we're not organized to do it.

    Is he that wrong? Do you think we actually are organized enough?

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