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David Golumbia

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David Golumbia's personal blog at davidgolumbia.medium.com covers ai, politics and philosophy. Since 2020, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “The blockchain/cryptocurrency space is mostly fraudulent”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
5HN people?
2020–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2022

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Comments link David Golumbia's Medium posts on cryptocurrency and NFTs, alongside a video and sources on web3 scams, the Bitconnect indictment, and SEC NFT enforcement.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The blockchain/cryptocurrency space is mostly fraudulent
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-11-09
  2. ChatGPT Should Not Exist
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-12-14

What Hacker News says?

  1. Haven't you watched "Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs" yet? It's about a whole lot more than just NFTs. Your question is thoroughly addressed and truthfully answered in that video. Also see his references and citations in "Sources and Further Reading" for more proof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g Sources and Further Reading: https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/ h…

    Comment linking /cryptocurrency-is-garbage-so-is-blockchain-3e80078e77fe

    on “Bitconnect founder indicted in global $2.4B cryptocurrency scheme”
  2. Submitted The blockchain/cryptocurrency space is mostly fraudulent as a story · 96 points

    HN discussion
  3. And how about the push-back from game developers who don't want to spend the extra incredible amount of work they would have to invest to enable importing digital assets from other games to unbalance and pollute their own games and cut into their revenue? If you were an actual game developer yourself, this would be obvious to you. >The push back from gamers has been non-stop and intense. I don't get it. You should g…

    Comment linking /cryptocurrency-is-garbage-so-is-blockchain-3e80078e77fe

    on “SEC brought its first non-fungible token enforcement action”
  4. Submitted The Great White Robot God. Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted ChatGPT Should Not Exist as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted ChatGPT shouldn't exist;generative AI built on nihilism–its real product:despair as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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