Lol, I’m a decision theorist because I had to decide whether I should take a shit or shave first today.

What's your P(doodoo)

FWIW as far as I can tell, bears are not native to Honduras

Acausal robot gods? In my justice system?

“Every accusation is a confession” is a much better phrasing, thank you

Reading the OP wiki article looks exhausting. Is it just the ontological argument but for juicy computing? As in, juicy enough for brain simulation or AGI or whatever.

Not willing to look into the abyss tonight, basically.

This is a great article, not only as a primer on the ways in which we think about the future of technology are flawed, but also as a nuanced approach to speculation that is pessimistic but not doomful (oops just invented a word). Thanks for finding and posting.

I’d like to be/written in C/In a Roko info-hazard/in the Bay -Grimesgo Starr

Someone tell Aella her neurons are downregulating, maybe she’ll start showering again

Oh GOD that is kafkaesque. It's been too few jobs since leaving the G for that to happen to me yet, but I'm sure I'll get there one day.

"I used to work for a small search engine company"

s/search engine/ads/

As we look towards the future, ChatGPT-4 serves as a stark reminder that overly cautious algorithms can do more than just filter content; they can strip away the very essence of what makes an AI tool valuable and interesting. Let’s hope the next iteration finds a better balance, so users seeking engaging conversations won’t be met with a fearful machine that dances around anything of substance.

OP's title condenses the article's sentiment well, holy shit. The author should just go back to AI dungeon and RP as a fascist in a fantasy land and leave us all out of it.

Oh, they're quaking in those VC boots. That's what'll set off the Big One.