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Turns out Altman is a lab-leak covid truther, calls virus 'synthetic' according to Spectator piece on AI risk. (archive.is)

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Sam Altman, the recently fired (and rehired) chief executive of Open AI, was asked earlier this year by his fellow tech billionaire Patrick Collison what he thought of the risks of synthetic biology. ‘I would like to not have another synthetic pathogen cause a global pandemic. I think we can all agree that wasn’t a great experience,’ he replied. ‘Wasn’t that bad compared to what it could have been, but I’m surprised there has not been more global coordination and I think we should have more of that.’

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[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Aren't windmills traditionally hoisted into the air, whereas whales typically live in an underwater habitat?

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago

It is due to the spinning round, like some sort of record, right round? If I ... no wait this video explains it

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Looks like the Airlines already got to you.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

Not counting those who returned once more to the land (p. 61).