I hate that I read this. This kind of thing only seems convincing to someone who already believes the core hypothesis (IQ and race science real), but for someone of the correct opinion (IQ and race science not real), it's total garbage.

Composed by Eliezer Shlomo Tchaikovsky

(TIL yud was born september 11, never forget!)

This circuitous, n-tuple negative tenor pervades the whole piece. It's first and foremost frustrating, but after that just sad.

Thanks for bringing up the dogwhistles. We haven’t talked about the dog whistles enough here. My fave has gotta be him bringing up the school shooting one.

104 minute read at LWer speed (uncritical, taking everything at face value, and you already understand their dialect of english)

Actual read time: depends on how often you snark tbh.

Real socialism has a little nationalism in it

To answer the original question, it’s as simple as the people working on AI are unable to grasp the near term risks (e.g. deepfakes, labor devaluation, climate change from energy use), so they focus on the fun, sci-fi “long term” issues.

So then ofc we have yud here on his usual bullshit talking about some made-up problems that only his giant brain can confabulate.

Anyone who uses this site is already too in love with prediction markets to have a functional romantic relationship.

At this point, if a rationalist says SBF is “smart” it’s probably out of shame/denial that they got duped by a junkie

Alts for SBF’s usage of “uncanny valley” he can have for free if he promises not to use “uncanny valley” incorrectly ever again:

• amiss abyss
• stench trench
• uncomfortable gorge/fjord
• communication fail vale
• canyon of “can you meet me in the middle”

It’s 100 BTC if he wants to keep misusing it though.

The most charitable reading of this is that, removed from context, it is an attempt to bridge some kind of gap (i.e. an “uncanny valley”) between two companies, that gap being some amalgamation of communication issues, values differences, work styles, really just every aspect of a company’s identity. So it’s fucking hilarious that he has chosen to write this doc using the most esoteric, faux-philosophical, alienating drivel possible.

WITH context, however, it is even more absurd. It’s still the above, with an extra undercoat of trying to resolve a love triangle between at least two rat-dorks. Truly a masterpiece.

I'm picturing an MMA match where the fighters ask about each other's mothers.