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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could it be that Yud read about Bombadil, thought, “man it’s a good thing this dude is with the good guys, or middle earth would be screwed” and then decided to spin that into a technocult about AI?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Let's get that thread going!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

More like… Project Awful

^boom^ ^roasted^

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

@[email protected] interest check thread for an airport book industrial complex sneer instance?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

While I don’t listen to any “narrative play” podcasts (as I’ve heard them labelled as) I do listen to an amount of improv based podcasts. So on some level I understand the appeal. Also if you like comic books or blaseball or anything lore-heavy, that would be adjacent to narrative play.

Let’s plays are speedrun adjacent so I also kinda like them. That being said that’s just what I get out of them. Everything I enjoy I have in mind that it ain’t for everyone (boy I wish it were for more people though…)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Dawg, I wish it weren't real, but here we are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

There's a fine line between "no kinkshaming" and Karl Popper's paradox of tolerance

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I kind of wish there was a space in awful.systems to dunk on malcolm gladwell et al but it’s probably a little too far removed from stem fuckery.

If you haven’t listened to the “outliers” episode of the “if books could kill” podcast, i recommend it!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Editing? Where we're going, we don't need editing!" - Absolutely not Eliezer. Too succinct.

In my pursuit of clarity and precision, the art of composition itself becomes a meticulous process of refining ideas. Each word is a deliberate stroke, contributing to the coherence of thought, rendering traditional editing superfluous. The absence of formal editing is a deliberate choice, reflecting the belief that the initial act of creation captures the most authentic expression of my intellectual journey.

Now that is what yud^1^ might say.

1: By Yud I mean a 99.9% accurate simulation of Yud using ChatGPT, which, according to rationalist doctrine, is the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Yeah, that's where I'm at. I don't think this is Yud doing HPMOR and trying to rope randos into rationality. Well, maybe he's trying to rope the non-rat glowfic enjoyers, idk. In any case, this is Yud playing with a pal and having fun, I guess? Take that as you will.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is what I wanted, thanks. Stellar work as always.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OTOH the format reminds me of having to read the pesterchum parts of homestuck, which is why I stopped reading it

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