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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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"AI alignment" really is just about working out their shared world sci fi collaboration (www.lesswrong.com)
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an entirely vibes-based literary treatment of an amateur philosophy scary campfire story, continuing in the comments

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[–] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Rich People: "Competitive markets optimize things, see how much progress capitalism has brought!"

Also Rich People: "But what if everything descends into expensive, unregulated competition between things that aren't rich people oooo nooo!!!"

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The real fear here is AGI appears and it's COMMUNISM. Hence, alignment!

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

yet again, Roko's Basilisk was always the good guy

[–] AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems 1 points 11 months ago

My eye glows appreciatively.