The Importance of Diversity(geohot.github.io)
19 pointsby atropoles11 hours ago2 comments
  • maybelsyrup6 hours ago
    Did not have “The sixth grader who jailbreaked my iPhone 3g believes he is inside the plot of Terminator 2” on my 2026 bingo card
  • jmcgough7 hours ago
    > No matter what we do, the coming wars will be horrific. Billions will die. But that’s what is beautiful; diversity is messy. On a cosmic scale, this period is just a blip, it isn’t what matters.

    Does anyone know what geohot is talking about, or did he join a doomsday cult after he got tired of self-driving cars?

    Either way, a largely unregulated tech industry is arguably what got us into this mess, with social media apps that encourage conspiracies and partisanship. Maybe billions won't die if we stop taking such a business-friendly laissez-faire approach.

    • lostmsu26 minutes ago
      He's probably high
    • direwolf204 hours ago
      There's never been a peaceful time in history. There's no reason to assume there will suddenly be one.
    • globalnode7 hours ago
      why on earth would geniuses be the future of humankind? lost me on that line of reasoning. secondly whats wrong with ubi? there are a plenty of people that aren't able to function in the world we've created and they'd benefit greatly from being left to do their own thing. i get that you're trying to be one of those geniuses (lol), but you could stop trying to tell other people whats good for them, thanks. and the world will be saved by open source software? thats it? cool.

      edit: jmc - not replying to you so much as just commenting on the blog in general. i agree with your comment.

      • direwolf204 hours ago
        I interpret the UBI paragraph as it's one of those "create the problem, sell the solution" cases. First make a system where you need a yo–yo to live and if you don't have a yo–yo you die. Then give everyone a free yo–yo. Geohot says: Well how about just stopping this if you don't have a yo–yo you die thing instead, it seems a bit silly?
      • impossiblefork6 hours ago
        I interpret the geniuses in the post as analogy for future LLMs that substantially outperform those we have now, and the post as an argument for open weight models.

        His apparent belief that we're heading for some kind of war I see as something separate. Why he connects this with UBI I don't understand though.