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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

ya know that inane SITUATIONAL AWARENESS paper that the ex-OpenAI guy posted, which is basically a window into what the most fully committed OpenAI doom cultists actually believe?

yeah, Ivanka Trump just tweeted it

But right now, there are perhaps a few hundred people, most of them in San Francisco and the AI labs, that have situational awareness. Through whatever peculiar forces of fate, I have found myself amongst them.

oh boy

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago

From that blog post:

You can see the future first in San Francisco.

"And that, I think, was the handle - that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of old and evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

barron: shows ivanka the minecraft speedrun

ivanka: I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT, BROTHER

edit: accidentally read ivanka as melania, now corrected

[–] BigMuffin69@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I was radicalized by 'watch for rolling rocks' in .5 A presses

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

parallel universes were the inspiration behind urbit, it all makes sense