Larry Page called Elon Musk a “Speciest”
favoring one’s own species (humans) and against those of members of other species
Larry Page called Elon Musk a “speciest”
prejudice or attitude of bias in favour of the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species
Another Claim: Elon’s actions define the messiah complex
Questions:
Are you a human supremicist?
How do you factor in other species?
How do you view inequality in humans?
Speciesism
Speciesism (/ˈspiːʃiːˌzɪzəm, -siːˌzɪz-/) is a term used in philosophy and animal ethics for the treatment of individuals according to their species membership. The term has several definitions.[1] Some writers define it as discrimination or unjustified treatment based on species membership,[2][3][4] while others define it more broadly as differential treatment based on species, regardless of whether that treatment is justified.[5][6] Richard D. Ryder, who coined the term, defined it as “a prejudice or attitude of bias in favour of the interests of members of one’s own species and against those of members of other species”.[7]
The concept is used by philosophers, psychologists, sociologists and animal rights advocates to analyse differences in how humans treat non-human animals. Writers on the subject have applied it to practices including factory farming, animal slaughter, blood sports, the use of animals for fur and leather, animal testing, and the treatment of animals classified as feral or invasive.[8][9][10][11] Some authors also connect speciesism with the refusal to assist animals suffering in the wild when their suffering results from natural processes.[12][13]
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Context of Court Case:
Musk is suing Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, his former collaborators and cofounders at the artificial intelligence outfit OpenAI, for what he argues is a grievous and greedy breach of the frontier lab’s original nonprofit founding mission. But over the past few days, it sometimes seemed like he’d forgotten this whole circus was his idea. As the first witness to take the stand, Musk had an opportunity to set the agenda and charm the room
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What is speciesism?
‘Speciesism’ is the idea that being human is a good enough reason for human animals to have greater moral rights than non-human animals.
Video Transcript: Pivot with Kara Swisher
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Well, one of the things he was concerned he absolutely and one of the interesting things I love them being under oath because now I finally hear the things I
thought were true like that Larry Page and he got into an argument cuz he was he was a doom a doom doomer for sure
back then and Larry Page called him a speciesist for being concerned be overly overly negative which I’m like yeah this
we like the the human species just sorry You know, these people, these people, I can’t tell you. I’m so pleased for people to see them as they are, right?
You know, when someone said greedy, racist, homophobic, piece of garbage, I’m like, you see what I’m saying? Like,
jerks. Um, don’t care about people. This whole thing is fantastic because they’re under oath and they have to show
themselves and they also have to show how they’re trying to present themselves. Like Elon is the savior of the world when he has decimated. He’s
responsible for the millions of these deaths that are going to happen because of USID. He’s responsible for all manner of stuff that he’s been doing on
Twitter. And he wants to present himself as it is like Thanos. Thanos has an idea of himself as a hero when he’s the
villain because he’s he’s helping the human race and he talks about it. To me, this defines Messiah Complex.
Full stop. He He’s the guy to to colonize to turn us into an interplanetary species. Only him. He’s
the one that should control AI. He’s I just And I It’s literally I’m Jesus Christ. Yeah. Yeah.
Yep. I would agree. I don’t know. I don’t think it’s good for him and I don’t think him getting agit this lawyer actually worked for him at one point and then worked against him. So, he’s
familiar with this firm and he’s just losing it on the stand, which is just what he should not do. He should be as
calm as cucumber and he can’t be. And it’ll be interesting the contrast with I think Sam will be smooth as silk. I think he’s not online. On online, he’s
kind of sad over on Twitter. Sad Sam and Elon’s crazy Elon. And by the way, an increase in white supremacist post, too.
Um, but Sam has got to hold it together during and so does Greg Brockman. Um,
and so does Satcha, which will help anchor Open AI quite a bit, as you said.
So, we’ll see. You know what I thought about doing, Scott? I thought about going down to the courtroom when I was in San Francisco cuz I had some free
time and just sitting and waving at him just to get him even more riled up. Just troll him. Hey, girl. Does he show up? Does he go to court?