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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Money hoarding worker abuser said what?

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

If you didn't hear it's in the headline (/j)

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Mark my words, Jeff is positioning himself to eventually run for president.

[–] amgine@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

It’s the next cosplay for the billionaire class

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

One thing that's become very clear is that all these billionaires are not smart people. Most of them were born on 3rd base or just got lucky.

But their are not wise or worth listening to.

In fact most of them are just shitty dumb pieces of shit psychopaths

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Make the guillotine great again

[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

He looks like an old version of markiplier from that angle

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Unsurprising reaction from a supervillain.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago
[–] DanceMomsSavedMe@lemmy.zip 19 points 10 hours ago

Hey a rich out of touch asshole who has nothing in common with his fellow man has an opinion about something!

I bet he knows what he's talking about!

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 27 points 11 hours ago

Well what did you expect, him to come out and say "yes, billionaires are detrimental to society"?

The police investigated themselves and found nothing wrong.

[–] TheGreenWizard@lemmy.zip 20 points 12 hours ago

Oh, so the cartoonishly evil CEO said the evil rogues gallery of CEOs isn't evil? It's also so funny how he could say "no, young worker's jobs aren't in that much danger." Then mark fuckerberg goes on stage saying how many people he's replaced with ai. Wholly shit its impossible.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Being completely wrong on all topics is an accomplishment on its own.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 5 points 11 hours ago

It takes dedication and really going the extra mile to be so diabolically shitty.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 9 points 14 hours ago

What sorts of salads and sides would go well with him?

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago
[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 46 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Imagine that! All the billionaires defending each other. Go figure!

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Yes. Lol. Not like anyone else will for much longer.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It’s like they have some sort of solidarity. One based on their class. Seems like an idea that could greatly benefit them.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Shit. That's brilliant. I wish it would work for the rest of us. If only we outnumbered them... Lol.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 38 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

These billionaire ghouls just don't know when to stfu

I honestly cannot imagine being THAT rich, being able to do anything, and still being such a massive piece of shit

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 39 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You don't get to be that rich without being a massive piece of shit.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Exactly. Average asshole gets a billion, they get a financial advisor, let their money turn into generational wealth with investments, and donate to charity while living in a big mansion.

The billionaires we have are more of mentally sick wannabe dragons, the horde will never be big enough to satisfy them.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Hell, that will happen at tens of millions. The magnitude of a billion is crazy.

Even if they are more driven to keep going, others turn to more philanthropic pursuits. Well before a billion the number becomes more like a high score rather than giving any quality of life improvements, so what's the point of getting more? Most will want to mean more to the world than just some high score. So accumulated wealth starts getting directed away for all but sociopaths that relish the high score in and of itself.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Or what? What are you(plural) gunna do about it? They keep getting away with it so what is this “when” you speak of and what’s going to happen?

Even small children and animals learn very quickly that empty threats are far more cringey than scary and begin ignoring them almost immediately. These are grown people who’ve lived their whole lives without consequences and you think they give a shit?

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

just don't know when to stfu

I don't think they can afford to, if they're betting on this technology. They have to use their public influence to convince as many (important) people as possible for as long as possible to squeeze as much money as possible. After all, if these successful CEOs say it's good, other CEOs may be swayed as well, and they're the suckers that'll end up deciding to spend the fruit of other people's labour on infrastructure and tokens.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh sure they have to influence, but I would expect them to do so a bit more on the down low. If they have a whiff of self awareness, they know this will just do more harm than good to their interests.

[–] binux@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I don’t think they can afford to

These people literally have fuck you money, they can afford a fuck-up like the AI bubble popping tens of times over if not endlessly with their countless legal loopholes. Their attitudes are based purely on having never faced repercussions for their societal parasitism and an insatiable desire for "more".

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago

Financially, sure. Emotionally, their sense of self-worth and their image is defined by their financial success. To have bet on a losing horse would sting. Hence, they need it to succeed.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Of course he does. In their future we don't exist as citizens but as chattel

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 points 10 hours ago

Or instead, and I'm going out on a limb here, the rich.

[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It

I’d imagine this applies even more to billionaires who make the average person’s salary every minute.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

I am starting to downvote these posts. I know what an asshole like Bezos would say if asked, then a good-for-nothing tech press guy asks AND you give him a platform on Lemmy.

There is no valuable analysis or any collateral reporting that makes this other than self-inflicted propaganda.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I agree with your sentiment but I like these posts for a strategic reason: Bezos intends for his statements to bolster support, but his strategy is falling flat. Support for AI is either level or declining, and anger over its harm is growing. Bezos reveals the extent to which he is out-of-touch. I think his statements actually inflame opposition to AI: his propaganda is motivating his opponents while leaving his supporters indifferent. When I upvote Bezos quotes, I am thinking to myself, 'hey everybody, get a load of this asshole!' I am definitely not upvoting him because I think his claims have merit or that they will convert people to support AI.

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

I feel like the fact that Bezos himself is out here arguing means that he's losing.

[–] pheelicks@lemmy.zip 4 points 16 hours ago

Thank you! Im really irritated by the amount and ratio of upvotes this post has.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Did he remove the wonk from his eye?

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Lucky photo probably

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 21 hours ago

alien bezos saying humans should stop resisting AI.

[–] 4grams@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago

Strange how a man who stands to make billions more from this, thinks all those opposed to it are wrong.

Guessing it’s due to his vast and deep knowledge of the subject, after long and careful scientific and sociologic research.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 15 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Don't care didn't ask, let me know when it's time to string him up like Mussolini

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 163 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Unrelatable dickhead expresses an opinion, promptly ignored.

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[–] Furbag@pawb.social 94 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Nothing will change until they fear for their lives.

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[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"Billionaire with vested interest in AI &Trump says there's no problems with billionares, AI & Trump"

Why the fuck even ask him?

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