@Mabande To be a bit more direct and blunt about it. I am confident that Amanda Askell *is* among the best and brightest. She's motivated to say things about AI you (and I) disagree with. Part of the explanation for that is her position in the public eye (let me assure you, the New Yorker is never going to quote my thoughts about AI). Working for Anthropic is another motivation: lots of money, cultural capital, access to power, etc. But: not a dummy.

@Mabande Have a look at her Wikipedia page. If it's accurate, she's a very rigorous philosopher.

I'm tempted to say "no bullshit there" but it's possible to be rigorous and to spout bullshit.

My instinct says she has/they have other reasons for saying the things they do.

@gleick eat 6-7 servings a day of red meat, 1-2 of whole grains

@McWabbit Curious about what's going on. I just checked the price at Newegg of a SAMSUNG 990 EVO 1TB SSD I bought last April. It has gone up about 60%. That's huge, but it's not 400%.

I should add -- I'm certainly on board with the thought expressed here. There's SO MUCH here that is a deep problem, I'm not clear that this chip-futures-buying thing adds much.