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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutānāpaste it into its own post ā thereās no quota for posting and the bar really isnāt that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Taking over for Gerard this time. Special thanks to him for starting this.)
so apparently one of the weird creeps went to go shittalk europe (video, transcript (archive))
itās some full-on doublespeak and utterly wild shit. some of the best tho:
āwaaaaaaaah how dare you have your own rules we need to care about, so hardā
Nothing to see here, just a strong implication that in the minds of these lizards āAIā is a weapon, and the only thing that can stop a bad guy with an AI is a good guy with an AI. Because this precise line of thinking has yielded such good results historically.
Also, think of the GDP growth! Imagine the shareholder value we could create boiling an ocean to predict how many letters ārā there are in āstrawberryā and failing after billions in VC funding. This should not be regulated, lest progress is halted!
And donāt fret about safety kids, because once we build the genie we get three wishes for sure, and then Sam Altmanās dad will finally look him in the eye and say āIām proud of youā for the first time, and all will be well in the world.