how do we get people to take our concerns about being paperclipped by the acausalrobotgod seriously?
If people have wrong beliefs or don't take things seriously that should be taken seriously (e.g. space property rights), just tell them. Reasonable people update on reasonable arguments.
Space property rights.
x-risk-pill
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At least this article exposes quite well how the EA stuff about animal welfare is used as a front/greenwashing(ish) sort of thing.
It is also interesting (but looking at his bsky profile not shocking) how much he predicted re genai like bots. Even if they have a different source in the book. Having bots check bot output for example. Most of the book taking place in modern iran (after a revolution succeeded) is interesting
Going to be esp fun when the chatbots start to get ads
It used to be that it was hard to get 200 people to agree im awesome, but with openAI, I can just spin up as many AIs as I need to call me a genius. Eat shit Dunbarcells!
Cryptography is all about secret, obscured communication
Cryptography can be about those things, but people who know about the field also know it can do a lot more like for example help with non-repudiation.
(Sorry having higher edu flashbacks about the wonders of cryptography)
At an airport flying back after a nice trip, finally reading Greg Egans Zendegi while waiting for my connecting flight. Have some quotes.
"Looking at the hollows of his face she could easily have imagined that he was going door-to-door begging for food, but he was wearing a designer-label jacket that probably cost as much as a small car.
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‘I’m Nate Caplan.’ He offered her his hand, and she shook it. In response to her sustained look of puzzlement he added, ‘My IQ is one hundred and sixty. I’m in perfect physical and mental health.
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‘I know I look skinny,’ Caplan continued, ‘but I have no lipid deficiencies that would lead to neurohistological abnormalities. I’ve had biopsies to confirm that. And I’m willing to give up the caloric restriction if you make it worth my while.’
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‘You can always reach me through my blog!’ he panted. ‘Overpowering Falsehood dot com, the number one site for rational thinking about the future—’"
Gave me a chuckle.
There are so many connections between all these people and big events/culture war stuff that I jokingly start calling myself a conspiracy theorist when I start explaining these things.
(See how you can go from Jason Arday to LW in 3 steps. Arday to the racist Cofnas, who is in a picture with Moldbug who was popularized using lesswrong).
It got me as well before.
Doesnt help that i saw overgreebled food advertisements like that irl. I did 'boycot' that food place.
I heard the image is likely to be totally ai generated and might not be real
Freed from the bounds of corporate responsibility, and now equipped with a University of Exeter library card
Lol
I picked a bit randomly where a walking stick changes shape, disappears, appears, the guys hair changes color etc.