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15 experts · 41 posts · 12d ago
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“saying "The world sucks and a lot of that is thanks to AI usage" is not saying he's decided to boycott AI any more than my saying "The US Government bombing Iran sucks" means I'm boycotting paying …” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 3 Research & technical analysis · 2 Policy & governance · 1
Grace: He's upfront with when he uses AI, so you can trust he's upfront with when he doesn't
mackuba.eu: Please just stop…
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8 experts · 58 posts · 1d ago
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“massive job losses, rent-seeking, and the promised UBI nowhere in sight because of Congressional paralysis” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 2 Opportunity & adoption · 1
apenwarr.ca: So far no labour saving device in the history of humanity has resulted in a long-term reduction in employment.
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真): So far no labour saving device in the history of humanity has resulted in a long-term reduction in employment.
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7 experts · 34 posts · 2d ago
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“shame about the Governor” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Questions & unknowns · 3
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真): "it's just an optional after hours event that just happens to have all of your colleagues in positions of power"
Doll: @tautologer.com Good on you btw for standing up to this
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7 experts · 19 posts · 6d ago
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“uh okay I've gotten to the end and @segyges.bsky.social you really need to talk to a defamation lawyer, just in case.” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Context & explanation · 1
SE Gyges: AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California Intended to explain: 1) Eliezer Yudkowsky 2) Rationalism 3) Bay Area Effective Altruism 4) AI Safety 5) Ideologies and organizations concerned…
SE Gyges: substantively true
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3 experts · 57 posts · 1d ago
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“and thus is the foundation of antitrust charges, and also China won't stop” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Markets & investment · 3
Ed Zitron: So far the only retort from the AI boosters appears to be “2025 doesn’t matter” and I’m not kidding
Simon Willison: Well yeah... your replies are filled with people who seem to think those 2025 numbers represent the current financial state of the company, when they very clearly do not
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7 experts · 19 posts · 14d ago
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“While we're on the subject of CSA, go look up Altman's sister's lawsuit.” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Policy & governance · 1
Matt Darling: This doesn't actually show a connection with AI folks, right? As an outside to the dynamics, I can't tell if it's actually true or something people say because it's funny/loosely connected to San F…
Matt Darling: I know folks in AI who are not Very Online and wouldn't understand the reference. I have no idea how to ascertain the relative size of the groups!
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4 experts · 30 posts · 17d ago
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“unfortunately the Chinese government has been behaving like a relatively sane actor on the international stage here and the US has not” evidence ↗
Shared emphasis Policy & governance · 2
SE Gyges: unfortunately the Chinese government has been behaving like a relatively sane actor on the international stage here and the US has not
SE Gyges: my ideological allies in supporting ordinary international mercantilist competition and regulation of new technology, the *checks notes* ruthless fasc-libertarian venture capitalists and the Chairm…
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4 experts · 13 posts · 12d ago
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“my parents-in-law are Atlantic readers, almost the median Atlantic reader, you could say and this past week, they've been peppering my wife and me with questions about AI doom, for the first time e…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1
Emily M. Bender: Wow this has been an exhausting week. After lots of talking with the media, I'm really feeling how much effort it takes to push through and keep the focus on the real harms when everyone is running…
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真): my parents-in-law are Atlantic readers, almost the median Atlantic reader, you could say and this past week, they've been peppering my wife and me with questions about AI doom, for the first time e…
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4 experts · 12 posts · 13d ago
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“i mean that literally. he primarily makes his money marketing for the worst AI companies on Earth. he's done work for DoNotPay, which is a fake LLM lawyer, and Joi, which is ... uh ... AI porn.” evidence ↗
rev. howard arson: ed zitron's day job is "marketer for AI companies"
rev. howard arson: i mean that literally. he primarily makes his money marketing for the worst AI companies on Earth. he's done work for DoNotPay, which is a fake LLM lawyer, and Joi, which is ... uh ... AI porn.
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3 experts · 15 posts · 6d ago
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“Renee Good's mother spoke at a Congressional hearing, where she acknowledge she had voted for Trump. There were many hostile and mocking replies to the video. I thought it was very ugly. Couple of …” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真): oh hey, genuinely, thank you @aaron.bsky.team, just had someone sealioning in my mentions who doesn't follow me, I don't follow them. in a conversation about AI use and bugs in popular AI tools, th…
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真): I didn't have to lift a finger, the off-topic trollbait just got neatly swept away, and the discourse was much improved, and had I not been specifically paying attention to live notif feed I might …
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3 experts · 11 posts · 14d ago
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“there are a large number of doomers at anthropic who've been doomers since long before normies had heard of LLMs. otoh there are also people who don't have beliefs full-stop but know regulatory cap…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Building & implementation · 1
rev. howard arson: this is the conventional wisdom and it is being presented by literally everyone as though it is brave truthtelling
rev. howard arson: reading the cancer warning on a pack of cigarettes and concluding that they're trying to make cigarettes look cool and edgy
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2 experts · 10 posts · 4d ago
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“As you're reading, remember these are the cults, all over the media, all the cults the likes of @sanders.senate.gov are calling "leading figures in AI" in the world and getting advice from, the peo…” evidence ↗
Timnit Gebru: I am now reading @poisonivy.bsky.social's account which starts with "I’ve dropped a few articles about my experiences at Vibecamp, and interactions in the Rationalist / Effective Altruist corner of…
Timnit Gebru: I am so sorry @poisonivy.bsky.social the very first paragraph basically starts with sexual assault. Wha does it take to take really? How many more need to put themselves out there like this on top …
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