Elon Musk has claimed the goal of AI development is to create something a million times smarter than the smartest human ever, which Tim Dillon described as effectively building a 'digital god.'
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Rogan's optimistic thread is that AI might cut through cultural divisions by creating a new common enemy: surveillance and loss of autonomy. His darker thread follows immediately: by the time people realise what's happening, the ability to demand anything may be gone. Dillon goes further, citing Elon Musk's stated goal of AI a million times smarter than the smartest human — and naming it plainly as building a digital god. Who controls this god? Not humanity. A select few. And we're trusting them. Dillon adds the housing thesis: no one is trying to get ordinary people into homes, he argues, because the people planning around AI's economic disruption have already written off that possibility. The future they're building has tremendous inequality and a lot of joblessness — and they're preparing for it.
The stated goal of the leading AI labs is to build something a million times smarter than the smartest human who ever lived. That thing won't be controlled by humanity — it'll be controlled by a handful of people. And we're just trusting them.
Ad-based monetization works well for game apps where users spend extended time in-session, as seen with Grid and Wordle.
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The founder's entire product portfolio is AI-related, making it easier to package products attractively for directories.
The founder attached their SaaS demo to the trending debate about whether AI coding is actually good enough to build a full SaaS product.
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