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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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Let's walk through the uncanny valley with SBF so we can collapse some wave functions together (hachyderm.io)
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Rationalist check-list:

  1. Incorrect use of analogy? Check.
  2. Pseudoscientific nonsense used to make your point seem more profound? Check.
  3. Tortured use of probability estimates? Check.
  4. Over-long description of a point that could just have easily been made in 1 sentence? Check.

This email by SBF is basically one big malapropism.

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[–] zogwarg@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unhinged is another suitable adjective.

It's noteworthy that how the operations plan seems to boil down to "follow you guts" and "trust the vibes", above "Communicating Well" or even "fact-based" and "discussion-based problem solving". It's all very don't think about it, let's all be friends and serve the company like obedient drones.

This reliance on instincts, or the esthetics of relying on instincts, is a disturbing aspect of Rats in general.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"guys check it out. we're so rat. we're so fucking rat we can do whole corpposts in only rat. check it out guys. guys??! where are you going? IMMA RAT THIS UNCANNY VALUE SO FUCKEN HARD OHHHH YEAH"

- me, doing an SBF impression. digital media. 2023

[–] sue_me_please@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago

Well they are the most rational people on the planet. Bayesian thinking suggests that their own gut feelings are more likely to be correct than not, obviously.