swlabr

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I’d compare your intelligence to a bag of rocks, but that would require you to know what a comparison is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I think you should leave.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

https://xcancel.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1832452673867546802

I didn't want to watch the cartoon because I thought I could just skim the story faster, and that's how I read the "Hurr durr AI can derive general relativity in three frames, nothing personnel, kid" story in full for the first time. It sucks that people didn't nip Yud in the bud early enough by telling him he lacked sci-fi chops, though I suspect that wouldn't have slowed him down at all.

The story itself is an allegory^1^ about AI processing information fast^2^. Yud wasn't thinking of himself as a sci-fi writer when writing this; he probably thought he was the messiah delivering a sermon, which... is exactly how I've come to understand Yud anyway.

  1. the fact of which is explicitly spelt out in the middle third when it drops out of the narrative entirely to do so
  2. see hurr durr description in paragraph above
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

NFT related art really normalised shit art, paving the way for gen AI

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Angrily puts away bludgeon

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

I think I’ve seen a bit of it and thought that it was a game that could kill me in that manner!!!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

“Your wages feel overtuned.”

“We’re thinking of reworking your position.”

“This company is in beta. Your position is not fixed and might not be in the final product.”

Tangent: As a first time participant in an early access game, I came across the term “overtuned” which made me irrationally angry. My understanding is that it is supposed to mean “you buffed this because of feedback but maybe a little too much” but I have rarely seen it used to mean other than “this needs a nerf, and I won’t justify my position, but I want to sound like I’m reasonable”

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

I’m thinking this is a POSIWID kind of deal. The mission statement of this company should just be: “A. I. Money please!”

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

it is stupid and wrong, and i pity your inability to understand that fact

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah where is he? I would like to bludgeon him

 

Just a lil tidbit of news of some web3 based company going away.

 

Found this because an article on Helen Toner popped up in my feed and I wanted to find out more, and boy did I find out more.

 

Discussion on AI starts at about 17mins. The Bas(ilisk) drop happens at 20:30. Sorry if ads mess up my time stamps. I think this is the second time it’s come up on the show.

 

Don't expect a good or deep analysis of FTX or any TREACLESy stuff here.

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