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Aschenbrenner bet everything on AI — and lost (pivot-to-ai.com)
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everyone’s a genius in a bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA9xQT2cPhE&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260804-aschenbrenner-bet-everything-on-ai-and-lost - podcast

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[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you know german, this is pretty funny. His name literally translates to "ashburner", and in german, "ash" (asche) is a colloquial term for money

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 3 days ago

nominative determinism strikes again