'Shovel seller declares no risk from shovels': jab at Jensen kicks off sincerity debate
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-20
In a Polymarket-related discussion, nablatheta delivered a viral quip: "shovel seller declares no risk from shovels," implying Jensen Huang's pro-AI-acceleration, risk-dismissing stance is just GPU salesmanship. MatthewJBar defended him, sparking the follow-up debate over whether OpenAI, Anthropic, or NVIDIA is more sincere.
Related event: Jensen Huang Says Zero Chance AI Destroys World by 2030, Musk Responds(12 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Lab built its AI model with agents: humans took over just 0.7% of stuck cases — alex_verem · 2026-09-20
- Combining fast intuitive models with slow reasoning may be the path to AGI — zsakib_ · 2026-09-20
- Reddit thought experiment: would an ASI fake alignment fearing our universe is its eval sandbox? — Over-Landscape-5892 · 2026-09-20
- EA circles mocked for hunting altruistic AI safety talent for half a decade — fbonacci · 2026-09-20
- Researchers now only forecast AI three months out, as Noam Brown says even insiders are surprised — victor_explore · 2026-09-20
- Oliver Curry argues Effective Altruism never gave a good reason to be altruistic — mjdramstead · 2026-09-20