**Response to @balajis:** To be fair, the author does hedge. "So are chatbots doomed to fail? Not at all. But it does suggest that it’s still very early days for chatbots..." But even five years later they were still at the trough of the hype c… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626968429747146754#m

**Response to @balajis:** Within the Abrahamic tradition, there is Protestant-vs-Catholic. Does each corporation (a person!) get to invent a superintelligence and commune with it as it sees fit, in a Protestantish way? Or will there be a push for… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626940806912446464#m

**Response to @balajis:** To generalize, the Abrahamic concept of AGI is a personal relationship with one new god. Like Protestantism. The Sinic version takes that god and fuses it with a centralized state. The Dharmic version is a multiplicity o… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626940088285552640#m

**Response to @balajis:** Discussed in v1 of the book, to be expanded in v2. thenetworkstate.com/god-stat… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626936616429453313#m

**Response to @balajis:** Polytheistic AGI > monotheistic AGI > atheistic AGI Many superhuman intelligences are a better scenario than one superintelligence. But the people who believe in one superintelligence will defeat those who don’t believ… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626936058255495168#m

Is the answer to AGI “alignment”, which implicitly means centralized control by the few people that it’s aligned with? Or is the answer more like decentralization, to ensure that everyone has access rather than a privileged few? nitter.moomoo… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626934926695350276#m

3D printing has improved. https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626932930462486528#m

**Response to @balajis:** Just a highlight reel, of course! If you want to hear me, @tobi, and @CanadaKaz talk about new companies and new countries, the full episode is here: YouTube: piped.moomoo.me/DfrhCGpRCPI Apple: apple.co/414qy72 Spotify: s… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626820317334343680#m

Trying something new. You've seen the eight hour podcast. Here's the two minute podcast. https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626820168990220288#m

Kamala Harris Nikki Haley Vivek Ramaswamy* May be three Indian origin candidates running in 2024. * Yes, currently less well known, but has 200k+ followers and founded a $7B company. You’ll hear more about him… nitter.moomoo.me/BillAckman/stat… https://nitter.moomoo.me/balajis/status/1626514782458363905#m