gilmore606
11mo ago
the enemies of the West and free civilization
The West and free civilization seem to have led inexorably to everything you now decry. Are you sure this makes sense?
gilmore606
6mo ago
What is your theory on why that LLM is not working at OpenAI and creating a better version of itself? Can that only be done by the 173rd best coder on Earth?
gilmore606
11mo ago
Lately I have been thinking a lot about the relationship between morality and game theory. Who/what should I read to get a handle on this?
gilmore606
5mo ago
This is exactly the reason Elon did the nazi salute, and I'm amazed no one else is picking up on that.
gilmore606
11mo ago
This is a very narrow view that ignores second order effects. If I know this is how the system works, I'm not even going to consider representing positions that will attract no donations, because the donators have no interest in advancing those positions. I can't just campaign with no money, because the function of the money is to make people aware that I'm running and get me in their mind in the first place.
I feel like someone like Steven Levitt is probably a smart person, who has surely thought of this very obvious dynamic, and it really makes me question his sincerity on anything else he has to say.
gilmore606
14d ago
Indeed. I had to quote it because, as a fallen-away Christian slowly coming back to the church, it is a verse I struggle with mightily.
gilmore606
5mo ago
Damaging people's social trust in Reddit would be doing them a huge favor.
gilmore606
11mo ago
It takes too much typing to compare things to I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, which would be nearly as accurate.
gilmore606
11mo ago
It's not that they aren't conscious. It's that the purpose of words is different for them. If you're honest with yourself, not everything you say has the simple purpose of "conveying information I believe to be true" either. For some people this is never the purpose of words.
gilmore606
11mo ago
Sure, but the alternative logic is so much worse.
gilmore606
14d ago
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
gilmore606
5mo ago
if you really hate Jews I presume you'd consider the Holocaust a great achievement
It's very possible to be a racist without also supporting mass murder. Maybe someone doesn't want to live around a certain race, or believes races in general should have their own nations, but isn't an insane mass murderer.
gilmore606
10mo ago
I think brain-draining the entire world to our advantage is monstrously immoral, so I'm as opposed to this as any other immigration scheme. I should think any morally consistent nationalist would feel the same.
gilmore606
4mo ago
An AGI should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for AlphaFold.
gilmore606
4mo ago
What, some coalition of black people, Hispanics and Asians decides to oppress white people?
They could call it the Democratic party. I think it could work!
gilmore606
5mo ago
You're telling me a fictional movie made by Hollywood elites made you think poor white communities hate you? Damn I wonder how that could have happened.
As a lurker since long before the offsite from reddit, this describes my evolution as well. This forum is pointless now. Discussion is pointless now. It's war.
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