I knew Chris Olah from a hackerspace I was apart of 15 years ago.
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I knew Chris Olah from a hackerspace I was apart of 15 years ago.
he was a cool dude. believed in social justice. taught me a lot about math. we had good times together.
then he had one summer at the Thiel Fellowship.
after that, he wasn't the same.
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah's remarks on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica humanitas"
The full text of Chris Olah's remarks on the Pope's encyclical on AI
(www.anthropic.com)
@AmyZenunim Wait. That’s what theil twisted Chris into? I knew he changed after that summer, but this?
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@AmyZenunim Wait. That’s what theil twisted Chris into? I knew he changed after that summer, but this?
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for years, in conversation, I used him as an example of how effective the system is at indoctrination.
I didn't think he'd wind up a billionaire neck-deep in a cult trying to destroy the human race.
not like this, man. not like fucking this.
@AmyZenunim forgive me for a prying question, but I note that the Wikipedia article on Chris Olah (any relation to chemist George Olah? uh, nm that silly question) says he dropped out of college at age 18. was that a decision he made after the Thiel Fellowship thing?
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@AmyZenunim forgive me for a prying question, but I note that the Wikipedia article on Chris Olah (any relation to chemist George Olah? uh, nm that silly question) says he dropped out of college at age 18. was that a decision he made after the Thiel Fellowship thing?
@mxchara i don't remember the exact timeline, as it was so long ago, and I don't know the intimate details of his life
he was definitely out of school and working on other things when I met him. maybe he applied to the fellowship as a way to do something outside of school.
either way, I remember him going into the fellowship somewhat skeptical and wary, and coming out utterly radicalized.
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@mxchara i don't remember the exact timeline, as it was so long ago, and I don't know the intimate details of his life
he was definitely out of school and working on other things when I met him. maybe he applied to the fellowship as a way to do something outside of school.
either way, I remember him going into the fellowship somewhat skeptical and wary, and coming out utterly radicalized.
@AmyZenunim I am saddened to hear it. I guess that Thiel crap must seem quite intoxicating to some folks, like Ayn Rand
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@illegalhex tbh i knew he was working on AI at google but it was all that pipe dream AGI bullshit at the time
but now he's an actual billionaire destroying the lives of everyone I know
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@AmyZenunim I am saddened to hear it. I guess that Thiel crap must seem quite intoxicating to some folks, like Ayn Rand
@mxchara from what I've read, part of it is giving you "staff" and a truckload of money. basically, they give you a taste of being a rich billionaire fuck, and then groom you into positions of power from a young age.
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@illegalhex tbh i knew he was working on AI at google but it was all that pipe dream AGI bullshit at the time
but now he's an actual billionaire destroying the lives of everyone I know
@AmyZenunim like when it was ML making weird cat images that was interesting, but not this AI shite.
And it really is the same Chris Olah? The same? Like, not some evil clone or something? Fuck.
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@AmyZenunim like when it was ML making weird cat images that was interesting, but not this AI shite.
And it really is the same Chris Olah? The same? Like, not some evil clone or something? Fuck.
@illegalhex he's still got the babyface. it's him.
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@mxchara from what I've read, part of it is giving you "staff" and a truckload of money. basically, they give you a taste of being a rich billionaire fuck, and then groom you into positions of power from a young age.
@AmyZenunim ooof. yeah that would definitely turn a lot of adolescent heads
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until this moment, in the back of my mind, I still considered him a friend. a misguided friend; that maybe one day, we could meet, and I could convince him of the errors of his ways.
but now, he's an archangel for his unborn god. it's as if he ceased to be human at all.
and so, he's dead to me.
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sorry, I'm still utterly tilt and pissed off about this. but I need to laugh at some point or I will become the literal Joker
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@illegalhex he's still got the babyface. it's him.
@AmyZenunim @illegalhex in case it helps
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@AmyZenunim @illegalhex in case it helps
@jneen @AmyZenunim well fuck me, there is the ‘ch402’ handle.
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sorry, I'm still utterly tilt and pissed off about this. but I need to laugh at some point or I will become the literal Joker
maybe I should invoice him for the times I bought him brunch
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sorry, I'm still utterly tilt and pissed off about this. but I need to laugh at some point or I will become the literal Joker
@AmyZenunim Grief can have a little rage, as a treat.
I knew him at best in passing, and spoke to him at most a handful of times, and even at that I'm very unsettled by this. I can understand where you're at.
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for years, in conversation, I used him as an example of how effective the system is at indoctrination.
I didn't think he'd wind up a billionaire neck-deep in a cult trying to destroy the human race.
not like this, man. not like fucking this.
@AmyZenunim I’m so sorry to hear about this… “Peter Thiel’s Hot Tub at 2 am” continues to be the most dangerous place for a bright young man to find his soul
(and only men, since Thiel is so openly, intentionally sexist)
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