latenightnoir

"Now, for this recipe you need:

• a cup of sugar
• a packet of powdered vanilla
• two large eggs
• some freshly squeezed boo-LEMON!"

Aaah, they're doing the scarcity thing... Cool. Coolcoolcool.

Y'know... considering the fact that human consciousness is, as far as we can tell, essentially a very specific configuration of energy, that means that it'll inevitably be reintegrated into the system once Lady Death pays us a visit.

Conservation of Energy then pretty much ensures that some form of reincarnation is inevitable, to my mind.

My real question is, how much consciousness persists throughout the process of recycling that energy? Because, to me, the Universe as a system is anything but wasteful, and memories in particular are highly refined 'goods.'

As a side note, this is also why I simply can't picture the entirety of existence as anything other than alive in itself.

Sometimes, we're assholes doing asshole things.

But sometimes, juust sometimes, we become the Universe's instruments for slapping some sense into others.

I really hope we won't manage to generate true AI until we figure out our shit. It's clear that we'd mess it up catastrophically considering how things are progressing, and sentience deserves better treatment...

Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that... I have similar moments from time to time, it's heartbreaking at a completely unprecedented level...

I'll look it up, thank you!

Yes! That's a handsome dish, and looks really well balanced and tasty!

Oh, yeah, you're so right! Damn, that's a horrifying thought!

Edit: at least we have pocket porn slabs!

I think you're right. I do have a problem with misplaced hope, I'm noticing...

Savouring the anticipative Schadenfreude of that inevitable pop and the disarray which will follow is one of the few things which keep me going. And it won't make me happy in the slightest when the waves'll hit pretty much everyone around.

But I'd be lying if I said I won't take immense satisfaction in the fall of every one of these monoliths. And I still hold the belief that humanity won't just keep on hammering itself in the face like this over and over again. Maybe when this one falls... y'know? Or maybe the next one if not this one. Narrowing horizon of action, but it isn't closed yet.

Edit: crap, sorry about the dump. Going through it, it seems.

In my youth, I used to be fascinated by the possibility of AI (through which I refer to AGI, felt this distinction necessary, and no, I refuse to call today's pseudo-brute-force models AI). I used to imagine them developing creativity and works of art, used to wonder what kind of experience an AI would deem book-worthy (I read too much sci-fi, sue me).

Everything that's happening nowadays feels like a fever dream distortion of my naïve musings.

I genuinely think that's a noble sentiment and I share that concern. However, this would entail making a deal with the Devil at this point, and pretty much literally.

Most if not all relevant models nowadays are owned by outwardly unscrupulous people, which means any correct interaction we have with their models only serves to build up the Devil's throne.

It is a downright tragedy that people will suffer as a result of said models, but that fault is not on us. Besides the fact that they're essentially stealing labour and data in order to train their models, they're also using them to dish out propaganda, to replace workers and throwing them in a ditch, to cause yet another financial bubble which'll flush the toilet when it inevitably pops - again.

We need to let them fail, otherwise we are just encouraging others to use us in the same exact ways.