Jiang says AI firms succeed by recognizing what humans fundamentally want and commercializing that need even when the product may destroy the world.
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Human need
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"Well, they've tapped into a fundamental human need, right? They're doing this because they see a market opportunity. I'm like, like, like, I mean,..."
"...you can say it's fascist but ultimately he is addressing fundamental human needs and quite honestly if the if the elite um if the..."
"...of realizing that by my work, I had both satisfied a human need and also objectified the human essence, and therefore fashioned for another..."
"...society. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay? But again, the fundamental human need are these three things."
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