14
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
14 points (100.0% liked)
SneerClub
982 readers
9 users here now
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.]
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
So he wrote that in 2007. Since then, games have only gotten more immersive according to his definition, so people dying of too much gaming should be a massive issue. As far as I know, it is not. People can fuck their lives up in other ways, but arguably straight up gambling is worse as it draws off way more real money from people that could have gone to education, housing etc.
Yud likes to argue from first principles (obviously), but doesn't reckon on social dynamics. If games were as bad as he describes, there would be regulation around them. Presumably if AI girlfriends become a threat to future pension payments, they will be regulated also.
see also the similar deleterious social effects of chess addiction in history (mostly as part of bans on gambling)
Their crippling addiction
My worthy pastime
Completely unrelated, but Everytime I see your avatar in the tiny minimized form I see Squidward's face, and then your comments get 20% more amusing.
Oh man, I won't be able to unsee this, lol
Me neither. Poor Elden Ring jellyfish!
Do you feel attacked? Because now is the time to switch to the red jellyfish.
Today I learned that gerikson's avatar isn't Squidward.