Michelle Santiago-Cortes

People today are less and less able to save up for retirement. Imagine the torture of having to save up for an extra 20 years. I don't think most people are in a financial position to finance the last 10 years of their life, much less an additional 30. So I almost feel like... Only someone with money to spare could think of it as like an attainable goal.

Yeah, I mean, it's like deeper than you can imagine. This algorithm, the rascal brain, right? I feel like he's appealing to this conception that science is somehow more rational, purer, more enlightened, right? than this disgusting, sticky mess of a human body, right? Science is almost like second to God and like who knows best and what's the best form of knowledge.

Yeah, I mean, it's like deeper than you can imagine. This algorithm, the rascal brain, right? I feel like he's appealing to this conception that science is somehow more rational, purer, more enlightened, right? than this disgusting, sticky mess of a human body, right? Science is almost like second to God and like who knows best and what's the best form of knowledge.

Yeah, I mean, it's like deeper than you can imagine. This algorithm, the rascal brain, right? I feel like he's appealing to this conception that science is somehow more rational, purer, more enlightened, right? than this disgusting, sticky mess of a human body, right? Science is almost like second to God and like who knows best and what's the best form of knowledge.

This is where it can get a bit nerving. If you were on Twitter in the last two, three years where Elon Musk and Salman Altman and Andrasen and all these other tech people were having discussions about how important AI is, how urgent it is, what should we do with it? Some people kind of cycled through these labels that we would often see on their bios.

This is where it can get a bit nerving. If you were on Twitter in the last two, three years where Elon Musk and Salman Altman and Andrasen and all these other tech people were having discussions about how important AI is, how urgent it is, what should we do with it? Some people kind of cycled through these labels that we would often see on their bios.

This is where it can get a bit nerving. If you were on Twitter in the last two, three years where Elon Musk and Salman Altman and Andrasen and all these other tech people were having discussions about how important AI is, how urgent it is, what should we do with it? Some people kind of cycled through these labels that we would often see on their bios.

For example, some people would say, if we don't accelerate AI, we're all going to die. And so there's accelerationism. Or they would call people that would... say, hey, we need a bit more regulation on AI. We need to pump the brakes. They would call them doomers. So it was very much a part of their public discourse about basically framing AI as an existential milestone.

For example, some people would say, if we don't accelerate AI, we're all going to die. And so there's accelerationism. Or they would call people that would... say, hey, we need a bit more regulation on AI. We need to pump the brakes. They would call them doomers. So it was very much a part of their public discourse about basically framing AI as an existential milestone.

For example, some people would say, if we don't accelerate AI, we're all going to die. And so there's accelerationism. Or they would call people that would... say, hey, we need a bit more regulation on AI. We need to pump the brakes. They would call them doomers. So it was very much a part of their public discourse about basically framing AI as an existential milestone.

Basically saying that we are on the cusp of developing a technology so powerful that And this is the part where it's up for discussion. It's so powerful, it will make death become obsolete. Or it's so powerful that it might kill us, so we have to be really nice to it. Or it's going to solve all our problems, so it's our moral imperative that we give it everything we've got.

Basically saying that we are on the cusp of developing a technology so powerful that And this is the part where it's up for discussion. It's so powerful, it will make death become obsolete. Or it's so powerful that it might kill us, so we have to be really nice to it. Or it's going to solve all our problems, so it's our moral imperative that we give it everything we've got.

Basically saying that we are on the cusp of developing a technology so powerful that And this is the part where it's up for discussion. It's so powerful, it will make death become obsolete. Or it's so powerful that it might kill us, so we have to be really nice to it. Or it's going to solve all our problems, so it's our moral imperative that we give it everything we've got.

I think what that did was create an urgency, right? Not coincidentally... AI requires a boatload of water, boatload of power, a boatload of fossil fuel to make it happen. So I do feel like a lot of this was their making appeals to mobilize resources. They'll basically promote their product as the one solution to all of humanity's problems. If only you invest all your money into them.

I think what that did was create an urgency, right? Not coincidentally... AI requires a boatload of water, boatload of power, a boatload of fossil fuel to make it happen. So I do feel like a lot of this was their making appeals to mobilize resources. They'll basically promote their product as the one solution to all of humanity's problems. If only you invest all your money into them.

I think what that did was create an urgency, right? Not coincidentally... AI requires a boatload of water, boatload of power, a boatload of fossil fuel to make it happen. So I do feel like a lot of this was their making appeals to mobilize resources. They'll basically promote their product as the one solution to all of humanity's problems. If only you invest all your money into them.

If only you deregulate... Let them have access to all the water, to all the fossil fuels so they can advance their technologies. It seems convenient that the product you're selling is going to solve the world's problems. And it's urgent, right? And I know it's cynical, but at the end of the day, Brian Johnson is selling oil.

If only you deregulate... Let them have access to all the water, to all the fossil fuels so they can advance their technologies. It seems convenient that the product you're selling is going to solve the world's problems. And it's urgent, right? And I know it's cynical, but at the end of the day, Brian Johnson is selling oil.

If only you deregulate... Let them have access to all the water, to all the fossil fuels so they can advance their technologies. It seems convenient that the product you're selling is going to solve the world's problems. And it's urgent, right? And I know it's cynical, but at the end of the day, Brian Johnson is selling oil.

Yeah, I think something to layer with Tara's point is that what strikes me, I guess, sad about not him specifically, but the way he frames like the rascal brain being this horrible thing and like AI or technology thing. almost being like that benevolent God that's like watching over and everything. What I guess what really saddens me is that dichotomy, right?