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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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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

esprit d'escalier

this whole "superbabies will save us from AI" presupposes that the superbabies are immune to the pull of LW ideas. Just as LW are discounting global warming, fascism etc to focus on runaway AI, who says superbabies won't have a similar problem? It's just one step up the metaphorical ladder:

LW: "ugh normies don't understand the x-risk of AI!"

Superbabies: "ugh our LW parents don't understand the x-risk of Evangelion being actually, like, real!"

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

this whole “superbabies will save us from AI” presupposes that the superbabies are immune to the pull of LW ideas.

Well, if they fall for less wrong, then we know they're not all that smart

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 6 points 11 hours ago

Don't think in detail about the future superintelligence that can hug you and turn you into TANG!