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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This is like asking what your probability is of being run over by a car while sitting in your living room in your high-rise apartment...

I actually remember a 2015 study from Toretto et al. showing that this is a really more plausible than you might think. Other than that this is a great piece. I particularly appreciated one of the better breakdowns of what people mean by "ChatGPT is just a giant table of numbers" for someone who doesn't have technical background in the area.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A computer can never be held accountable

Therefore a computer must ~~never~~ always make a management decision

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

There's one things these models can never understand: Family