They are setting up the alternate explanation for their failure to complete the grift.

Just as my employer is finalizing their contract with Anslopic lol

They are the ones building the AI, and they always have the option to stop, and they don’t even need to ask anyone for permission. :)

I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years, greatly accelerate economic growth rates, create a world of abundance and empowerment, and usher in a renaissance of democracy and freedom. [...] But

Its been 6 years of "its 5 years away". The whole "there are risks of evil AGI" spectacle has been part of it since the beginning, but I can't see this as anything but a veiled attempt to deflate rather than burst the bubble. I don't think it's coincidence that this came out on a Saturday, with time for the stock market to process it until Monday.

Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of artificial token cost-efficiency and medium businesses can stop fooling themselves that its worth it to waste so much power on simple human tasks.

To be honest I am somewhat spooked by the Huggingface hack but I really don't believe that's any bigger than any of the possibilities for these companies using AI for outright cartoon villainy like e.g. an automated mass clearing of their users' bank accounts when push comes to shove