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People say that sort of thing when it’s a hypothetical. It’s a little different when a quarter billion dollars is actually on offer.

Hitmen get what, $5-50k? And that’s for murder.



I mean it's not bad when you think about it in terms of an hourly rate.


I think you're forgetting to factor in the tail risks when calculating the rate. In fact I doubt they still qualify as "tail" under those circumstances. There's a fairly decent chance the retirement plan ends up being facing a firing squad.


Yeah man, that’s not fucking good.


no it's capitalism at it's finest.

We get less violent because AI research pays more than murder, so more people focus on being good AI researchers than good killers, and the world is happier for it.


That's not at all how anything works.


You're broken


You need help


Sure. $250M buys a lot of help.

Zuck can take the glory if he wants. Glory doesn’t pay my bills.




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