IguanaBowtie
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IguanaBowtie
9mo ago
From https://archive.is/QMpmd#selection-1045.452-1045.744
(Harris) gestured at some of the art she’d brought in, on loan from various galleries and collections, describing each piece in terms of the artist’s background rather than its aesthetic qualities—Indian American woman, African American gay man, Japanese American. “So you get the idea,” she said.
Bailey: Lots of critical theory about representation. Motte: Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad
IguanaBowtie
10mo ago
I read Scott's piece as about as Straussian as he ever gets.
He lays out a long and detailed takedown of the Democrat Industrial Complex, then adds a relatively wishy-washy 'but Trump does these bad things too'. I don't think he's a secret MAGA by any stretch, but I do think that Scott has come a long way from his railing against feminism days & not because he ever had a 'come to Jesus' moment - he's just very politically canny now, and cares about what happens to his (grey) tribe. My guess is that he's predicting a Trump victory and wants to avoid himself, his family and his tribe from being targeted by anti-Trump backlash, living as they do in the heart of Blue culture. Again, I don't want to accuse Scott of dishonesty as I think he's a top 1% scrupulosity person - I think he won't be voting for Trump and doesn't particularly like the guy. I just think that the piece should be read with an eye for realpolitik.
I'm reminded of a joke from the idle incremental game community: 'Ah, I see we've reached 1% of our target. Splendid, almost done!'
Serms like about 2yrs between 'near the bottom of human ability range' and 'clearly exceeding 99th percentile human output in any particular domain, given current levels of investment. So if the definition of AGI is 'can beat the elite four deathless' we're on track for ~2027 as expected.
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