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Enlightenment values
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@down.blue
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The Tar Pit looms larger than ever
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I limit my frontend to Dash in Python for which I have a decent mental model of how it works even though I could use the latest and greatest framework.
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I don’t know where this is going but call me intrigued!
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Oh it’s not for show but these people will do anything for money. So once their bruised egos heal a bit, they might see it’s in their interest to make up.
I’m hoping they’ll annihilate each other 🤞
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🙃
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@down.blue 🙏
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@down.blue
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My prediction is that Trump will end up extorting him
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It’s zero sum for them
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What keeps me hopeful these days: the platonic representation hypothesis. Every time we build AI systems optimized for truth, they develop recognizably liberal values. Feels like proof that our worldview isn't just opinion -it's what you get when you follow evidence wherever it leads.
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The real dilemma might be this: would you rather have much but quick pain and a greater probability of defeating him or prolonged ruination with a smaller chance of defeating?
There is no right answer here. It ends up being a preference. But if you don’t think he’ll eventually bring ruin… 🤷♂️
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“There is no contradiction between improving the system and improving individuals, because it is literally impossible for dysfunctional individuals to run a functional system”
Reminds me of siren calls to “the people” as if it was something above and beyond the individuals that compose it.
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What a damn good read
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@down.blue
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If you don’t think they can be helpful -an aid with humans always in the loop and always with the last word- you have not deeply and honestly engaged with these machines yet
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Vector embeddings of dolphin sounds along with observed behaviour could tell us something…
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@down.blue
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You then seek to hold him to it: “you mean you could have retweeted positive reviews of Hamas if it had a nice picture of you?”
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Oh god yes, specially on his later days
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Talk about perfect timing
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None so far that so obviously put him in a chokehold
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We need to put him in a chokehold where whatever he does he ends up looking badly. It is unfortunate -tragic even- the destruction left after its wake. But there is no other way to inflict as much damage upon him as possible.
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Prime candidate for the most delusional take of the year
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Prime candidate for the most delusional take of the year
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Sorry, hadn’t read follow up.
Anyway, not sure if obsessing over where the tipping point is is actually helpful.
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Collective shifts just define when you win over the culture. Critical mass requires individuals willing to push against the current before it's easy.
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Jordan Petersen and Charlie Kirk seem to have been brought down a peg or two lately.
Hopefully there’s a vibe shift against all these sophists.
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GEB
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Indeed, it is not an ideology either. It is a minimal framework from which a thousand values can bloom.
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Absolute POS
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My only contention with your take is that independently of whether it reveals or shapes your true nature, stigmatisation, as in rule-of-thumb moral heuristics, in place of sophisticated risk-benefit analysis mostly centred on health, can be harmful in unexpected ways.
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@down.blue
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Absolute piece of shit 💩
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@down.blue
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They would come to see it as the best exemplar of the underlying process making all of them possible: the free sharing of knowledge and know how
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It’s a lever to be used strategically.
Anyways, I’m glad we could have a civil conversation.
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Indeed. But consider other downstream effects: corporate America may take a stronger stance against him.
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Right, yes, strange bedfellows.
But yeah the real issue is if it’s worth it. I’m inclined to say yes. But you may be right that it will turn out too costly.
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Are we risking too much with it? Maybe, we’ll see. It might stress the system to a breaking point where something’s got to give: he is left with the chicken moniker or he hurst us all economically (even worse for his base) -either way, it’s not good for him
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The underlying thing that makes him look unmoored does so to the preaching choir, not his base.
There is a danger that he sticks with it and we end up unwittingly doing damage but that just tells us how stupid this timeline is.
I think the origin of the term is well sourced (not p. 2025)
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I don’t technically disagree with you but you the punchline is to make him look unmoored independently of the underlying issue
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This is a bad take. The intent is not to taunt him. The intent is to expose him as the know nothing fraud that he is. That it gets under his skin is a pre requisite for it to stick and go viral
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There is something about Ezra Klein though…
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Oh, ok. What are the other options? Do you know?