"We convinced the dumbest people in the country that our made-up problems were real, and now we have a sad because they took us seriously."
LOL from the comments
[...] "people having unreasonably high expectations for epistemics in published work" is definitely a cost of dealing with EAs!
The net downvotes are the rest of the community frantically whispering "FFS Roko keep our racism on the down-low!"
"Our critics are mocking us for spending all the mosquito-net money on a castle!"
"It's not a castle, it's a stately home, a manor house."
"That still sounds too posh!"
"OK how about 'detached house'? Just don't mention it has 27 bedrooms..."
You have no faith in the power of AI, typical Blue attitude.
ahem technically he was betting on the dollar hyperinflating. He still lost though.
Receipts here: https://gerikson.com/btcticker/index.html#balajis
Surprised they didn't just do the agile thing and seek direct financial support from Peter Thiel.
An association designed to stand the test of time - or at least until the stolen crypto money runs out.
remember when Tea Partiers were teabagging?
Yes there are, or were. The OG Nazis treated Dutch POWs slightly better than French ones, for instance.
"It wAs aCtuALLy a lAB LEaK" is such a right-wing shibboleth that it's extra delicious that some wingers[1] put their money where their mouths and were comprehensively disproven. Kudos to the Lesswronger who went through all this, even though a 100K payout made it rATioNaL
[1] I don't have any evidence that Rootclaim are right-wingers but my priors tell me they are
gerikson
joined 2 years ago
Oh man this is peak venture capitalism crossed with Factorio - valuations are actually cash, and a factory is a black box where you just upload new software and other stuff comes out.
Let's take your average holder of car manufacturer stock. You're holding the stock because you believe the car manufacturer will continue making competitive products, and you'll get either dividends or higher valuations. Then OpenAI pitches up and offers you - what? They don't even have stock! Even if they did, you're exchanging a stake in something known for stake in an enterprise that have never made any cars, and when asked what kind of business plan they have they look shifty. No fucking way anyone will sell their stake for less than double what they have, especially if they find out the factory they're selling is gonna produce machines that will kill us all.