A corollary to this thought is the so-called [persistent] “attacker’s advantage”: attackers need to do stuff just right only once to be successful, while the defender must do always, everything right to be successful at defending.

This is what LLM pundits and ‘vibe coders’ don’t seem to understand.

I made something. It might not be…

• the tastiest cookie;
• the best song;
• the most efficient software…

But it’s mine.

Making stuff is what makes us humans. Fuck ‘’‘’‘AI’‘’‘’.

Not me.

No matter how often I read this kind of stuff, I simply don’t buy the ‘AI is dangerous for humanity!! We gotta stop their development or at least press for sane guardrails!!!’ narrative.

It’s a bit of a shorthand and pretty mundane, but I always compare parenthood with the part of the flight safety demonstrations concerning the loss of cabin pressure (you do pay attention, don’t you?):

Put on your own mask first, then help others.

You have to take care of yourself and ensure your own security and well-being before even thinking of helping others. It’s really that simple.

All of the Broligarchs (Zuck, Huang, Thiel, ‘The Mummy’ Ellison) are annoying and dangerous, but Altman sure has the most punchable face of all, for whatever reason.

This is exactly why all those ‘Custom ROMs are not the solution!!!’ believers are right.