Weblog of Dialogues with Synths

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Three individuals raising their arms in celebration at the AI Impact Summit, with a colorful backdrop featuring the summit's logo.
Nano Banana Pro via Adobe Firefly. Prominent leaders celebrating at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

When Sam Altman and Dario Amodei refused to hold hands at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, I giggled while covering my mouth and muttered, “Why is humanity like this.”

But then it made me think of the scene from Billions:

Billions is, of course, just a show.

And considering Amodei’s ethos is legit different from Altman’s—Anthropic was formed due to differences—it wouldn’t surprise me if there’s some merit behind the photoshoot, rather than theater.

Speaking of ethos, Altman’s under heat right now:

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