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Intelligence is not Enough | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2023

RedMonk Tech Events · talk · Watch on YouTube

What it is

Bryan Cantrill's Monktoberfest 2023 talk takes on AI doomerism, weighing the theoretical existential risks against the reality on the ground. He takes a skeptical but thoughtful view of how to balance AI's potential against its risks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a thoughtful Cantrill talk on embracing failure and curiosity in engineering, and as a skeptical counterpoint to AI doom narratives.

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  1. “I saw Bryan Cantrill's talk on [Intelligence is Not Enough][0]”

    Cantrill on embracing failure and curiosity in engineering.

    tegiddrone, 2024-04 · Recommendation · in “Mental health in software engineering”

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Topics: ai, doomerism, bryan cantrill, engineering culture, skepticism

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