JD Vance is probably among us as we speak. He could be any username…

Is he you?

I wish, but no.

it's an empty paper bag left in an empty parking garage

There’s currently a loud minority of EAs saying that EA should ostracize people if they associate with people who disagree with them.

people who disagree with them.

Oh, it's racists. The vague description is because it's racists. It's a woke cult now because some people don't want to associate with racists.

realizing that all the promises of ending this stupid world were just marketing for some tech/finance bros

and yet still no international agreement to first strike rogue data centers smh

I was already saying no after reading this opening line:

Let's go on a journey—a journey of pure speculation So, please give me a little cognitive latitude...

No, it's Ben Kingsley.

https://awful.systems/post/694102 🤔

(with the obvious objections out of the way)

Rationality intensifying.

Speaking of Big Yud, has there been any new developments with him since the fallout of his Time Magazine article in March? Not like there's been any international coalition to first strike rogue data centers or whatever. Everyone just kind of ignored him?

tbh, one thing I'm tired of from the internet, is exactly the post-ironic conflation of "just kinding but also sincerely" as wit. It's actually quite old (mid-late 2000's) and frequently a vehicle for the most vile views on the internet. And it's not clever.

the real misaligned AI already exists and starts with a C