Real EA thinking there. Using spurious logic to provide a rational-sounding explanation for doing something bad you wanted to do anyway.
huh. not the onion. satire is dead.
There's a reason he can't name any. Someone probably joked about it, and he thought it would be a good story to increase his shares in tobacco companies and AI
One of the strongest predictors of the cohesion of a religious movement is costly signaling by which people give things up in a highly visible, credible way for the cause, or in a way that only makes sense if they believe in the cause. Deconversion is highly correlated with not witnessing these credible displays.
*Cancers. We would have to cure many cancers. Smoking increases your risk of cancer beyond just throat and lunch cancers.
*lunch cancers
So they're going after Arby's and Subway as well?
Honestly, they should just do fentanyl instead and put their full faith in AI happening faster and more meaningfully than it really is.
at least smoking is social
Finally some good fucking news. You know. They should be smoking 6 packs a day. Really gets the juices flowing. Gets your brain working at 600% efficiency. Running out of energy? Eat pure, raw Radium. Digest it. Make sure to snort some lead while you're at it. Blocks negative pathways in your brains. And what's a sandwich without some good old Americium. We're all patriots here right.
okay but there's no way lung cancer catches up to them before incoming ai winter will
i also like how they're not even considering that "there is no meaningful improvement" might be an option
but if there is no meaningful improvement then their lifes purpose is null so they couldnt possibly even consider that as an option. Thems going to get on early on the NEXT BIG THING and make MONEY!! And they have also committed so much is nothing left for them if they back out so might as well live in psychosisland completely.
oh no no no that there will be revolutionary machine god made by them is basically their religious dogma
Darwin Awards, here we come.
Sankar did not name any researchers or provide evidence for the claim.
I wonder why...
Some AI companies executives are blowing smoke up their ass.
blowing smoke up their ass.
Must be a nice break from all of the cocaine.
skinny nerd enters a bar, lights up and is thrown out
blog post appears: "yet another blatant attempt to deny white men sex"
Our economy is fully intertwined with these people. They will crush us and demand to be spared from the consequences they wrought.
Next please jump off a cliff after uploading your mind into the machine. Thank you!
Liar
No it's true and the post was fact-checked by REAL luddite patriots ✅
Real talk, I would love to smoke without worrying about cancer.
With the power of denial you can!
If cancer was the only one drawback it wouldn't even be that bad. In addition to cancer, it makes you smell like an ashtray, gives you really bad skin, and its even a cause for erectile dysfunction. There are better drugs to get addicted to.
@e8d79 A major cause of mortality from cigarette smoking is COPD/cardiovascular disease—strokes and heart attacks skyrocket over time, and you'll end up shuffling around wheezing into an oxygen mask if you keep it up. Not to mention the leg ulcers and pressure sores. It's like an all-in-one package of "this will fuck you up"!
i might be mistaken, but i have a vague memory that combining smoking and drinking does a real number on severity of one's atherosclerosis
If we find a way to smoke without damaging the lungs I'm taking it up again.
I don't miss being out of breath all the time and generally antsy when shut inside but fuck me but nothing compares the sublime joy of stepping out of some bullshit to drag on a durry.
LMAO… no they’re not.
C suite personal at AI companies have taken up smoking crack because.. well...
some of that crowd already microdosed meth
microdosing (n) – Taking small amounts of illegal drugs while white. It may be possible to microdose without writing a book or personal essay about it, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
(I don’t remember ‘small amounts of’ in there; somewhat diminishes the joke IMHO)
macro-microdosing
Silicon Valley makes a lot more sense if you first assume everyone rich is off their fucking tree
"Micro"?
there was a thread there on rationalists microdosing meth for "cognitive improvement" reasons
I remember coming across an HN comment a couple years ago from a guy rambling on about how he had a connection for pure uncut cartel meth and consumed mass quantities, and how great it was for his ADHD. I should have bookmarked or screenshotted it.
big if true.
this is the same company that has attempted other ways of addicting their employees, for "productivity"
I mean, Palantir has Zyn vending machines, so this isn’t much of a stretch I guess?
Jesus, they would
segyges already trying to launder the unhinged out of the our chatbot will be curing cancer any minute now new round of claims by framing widespread resentment against AI as "curing cancer is less important than my job satisfaction".
So use it to cure cancer. Don't put a button in the email client that makes shit up for people.
Just one more round of improving the models and I'm sure they'll start being useful for science. Just one more round...
Fires a burst from the Sten gun into the ceiling I thought you Libertarian bleepers were scared of moral hazards like making people wear seatbelts so they don't squish their pea brains in a car crash?
Shhhh.... Let them...
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