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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. The spooks are well underway.)

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[-] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago

More disucssion about AI safety over at LGM

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/ai-safety

comments are a mix, some smart generalists incorrecting each other. I have not bothered to comment because I'm not an active part of the community, but I'll share here that Rofer's recommendations about safety we can apply now would presumably help us contain Robot Satan should it deign to be created. Lots of commenters don't really draw that conclusion. This is pointing out the yawning void between the intense interest among Rats to devise the perfect alignment and their disinterest at mitigating harms ocurring right now.

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