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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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Effective Obfuscation (newsletter.mollywhite.net)

submitted 1 year ago by TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems

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Molly White is best known for shining a light on the silliness and fraud that are cryptocurrency, blockchain and Web3. This essay may be a sign that she's shifting her focus to our sneerworthy friends in the extended rationalism universe. If so, that's an excellent development. Molly's great.

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[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's it — it's the one Timnit Gebru linked to back in February which prompted the old!SneerClub discussion I mentioned, and Molly White's newsletter links to the same place.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I found this earlier one, which it cites as its source:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220602164803/https://swarthy.substack.com/p/effective-accelerationism-eacc?s=r

All that's before that is these few guys throwing the term around on Twitter

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a fractal optimization algorithm that created life, intelligence, and every meta-organism we know.

I'm wanking at the speed of light / wanna make a meta-fractal brain out of you

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago

(Don't torture me now) I'm having such a productive time, I'm having a QALY!