locallynonlinear

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[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think we would work out..

So you're saying I have a chance?

[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Question: if the only thing that matter is using AGI, what powers the AGI? Does the AGI produce net positive energy to power the continued expansion of AGI? Does AGI break the law of conservation because... if it didn't, it wouldn't be AGI?

[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe unpopular take here, but I love discord as an excellent fit for specific use cases. I think plenty of groups that should be web forums use discord wrong, but for several of my favorite communities:

  1. They are better smaller, I don't necessarily want or need them to be discoverable aside from word of mouth.
  2. They are better without search history, because the discussion is more ephemeral and personal instead of assuming that anyone is digging history in after hours
  3. Ad hoc voice chat rooms is a useful boon because of exactly 1 and 2.
  4. No ads. Yes I understand the privacy issues, but I would still prefer to have opt in subscriptions, no ads, and my chats are harvested than many alternatives for small communities that need to subsidize costs. (Again fediverse, if not ads, requires a buy in in terms of technical operational costs)
  5. Trivial to build specialized addons in the case your community has a need.

Good examples for me are: Friend of Friend Groups for organizing dinners or parties Online gaming communities Book clubs Co-worker chat alternative to slack

[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The irony is that moment that there is actually a governmental "Federal Crypto Reserve" agency is the moment you know that civilization has already collapsed and you better have been hoarding potatoes.

Checking the pulse on bitcoin, my sister in law asked me the other day, "Hey Bitcoin is going up, should I buy?" "Nope."

That's the problem. What you, mere meatbags call systemic ethics problems is really a game theoritical global maximization driven by instrumental convergence on the universe's evolutionary selection for, penises.

[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Elon: "I created OpenAI! It only exists because of me!" Also Elon: "I created this new AI, which I copied from OpenAI, because it was... mine all along?"

Probably has something to do with the whole "We definitely know that race is a strong determinant of humanity, but we acknowledge that race isn't the only determinant if you also already have money or influence and could help us."

[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this an enemy of my enemy is my friend situation? Pinker's naive optimism bubble, is not exactly a perspective I 100% endorse either but hey 🤷

Oddly, r/buttcoin is still doing well enough that it's one of the few places I still stop by on reddit. Can't say the same for any community still on twitter, dough.

[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exponential progress, I see.

"I'm LessWrong than you're implying!!!"

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