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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
This doomer rhetoric from Hank Green's new pals comes at a real life cost.
At least one doomer cult active in the LessWrong forums, and a believer in the LessWrong rhetoric, ended in murder and suicide
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Here's the article from Eliezer Yudkowsky, co-author of the book and writer of the LessWrong blog.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/j9Q8bRmwCgXRYAgcJ/miri-announces-new-death-with-dignity-strategy
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Hank Green dedicates an entire video to the book "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies" and platforms one of the authors Nate Soares.
The other co-author, meanwhile, wants humanity to get comfortable with the inevitability of the AI apocalypse, and to...
"die with dignity"
To be clear, Hank doesn't appear interested in approaching this book with a critical lens, instead seems to gush over it. In his second video, he's straight up preaching all the talking points of the book.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
In his video, Hank Green cites the Center For AI Saftey as evidence we have lost control of AI.
The national spokesperson for the Center For AI Safety recommends we "burn down labs" in an attempt to prevent an AI apocalypse.
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caitp@mstdn.social wrote:
*idle thinking* the dynamic of wanting to keep up with the joneses and surrounding yourself with wealthier people to compete with is problematic and self destructive, bdcause the value of money becomes distorted, placing value on others perception of your wealth over serving your needs and the needs of your community, people are happier, and in hard times, can support each other. but if everybody is on their own, all they get is a target on the back of their head
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
I mean, I hope that Vance embraces not being a gormless spineless racist sack of shit, but guess what else isn't going to happen
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
When two bad people fight, listen. They will spill the beans on each other in a candid way that would never otherwise happen.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
It is so bizarre that Hank Green is asking his audience to lobby Congress for AI Doomsday legislation, and not, say, legislation against stealing energy from small poor towns to make data centers, or consumer privacy regulations.
Is Hank Green turning into a AI-doomer / Effective Altruist before our eyes?
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wendynather@infosec.exchange ("Wendy Nather") wrote:
This pub knows what time it is!
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msbellows@c.im ("M.S. Bellows, Jr.") wrote:
@AnnaAnthro Everything old is new again.
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Bfordham@infosec.exchange ("Bryan L. Fordham") wrote:
That’s what I’ve been trying to tell people. If you have stuff to give, do it. But the folks at the food bank can probably stretch you money further than you can.
Not “it’s bad “ but “cool, but there’s a better way,”
I do think for some (I’m thinking of my kids, for example) giving food items is easier to grasp. And it helps point them toward “community cares for community “
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“websites can now add licensing and royalty terms to their robots.txt file”
(because everyone pays such close attention to robots.txt files, amirite?)
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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:
Maybe instead of *talking about* Nigerian Christians, we should *listen to* Nigerian Christians?
It's a moral failing to let your fear of terrorism lead you down the road to Islamaphobia, or prevent you from speaking up for Muslim children.
Nigerian British rapper Santan Dave:
[CW: cursing audio]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdyxgi2ZfU
We don't need to rehash how over-educated Nigerians are. If you have an advanced degree from a top US university then you met some of these Nigerians. Some Christian, some Muslim.
Boko Haram killed more people than either ISIS or Al Qaeda. Boko Haram literally means "Western Education is forbidden"
Nigeria drove down the violence of Boko Haram without villifying Islam in general, or resorting to ethnic cleansing. They've been down that dark path in the country's history before, and it leads nowhere good.
Nigeria also drove down maritime piracy. It used to have more piracy than Somalia.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
And you know who is also lobbying Congress for AI licenses? The CEO of the largest AI company in the world, Sam Altman.
Because if licenses are applied, then Altman can work on his AI monopoly.
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Control AI is lobbying the US Congress but I cannot find any information on who is funding the organization. Anyone have any insight?
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/lobbyists?cycle=2024&id=F329222&u
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
And there you have it: #ControlAI wants the government to issue AI licenses so that only the largest tech firms can control the technology. It's #RegulatoryCapture and for some reason Hank Green is swept up in the hype.
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
In his YouTube, Hank Green links to an organization called Control AI which has advisors from AI companies.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Hank Green applying sentience to AI and warning of AGI. This doesn't seem great.
I mean, it makes sense, Hank is very much in his white-guy tech bubble like he is in his white-guy political bubble.
Still, Hank has access to a lot of non-tech savvy people, and he's parroting talking point that tech CEOs love to hear. It would be great if he made room to platform someone like @timnitGebru to his audience.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
It's things like this that make me dread going back to the classroom in January.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/02/i-dont-know-if-im-ready-to-teach-genetics-again/
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
I suspect this is at least in part the attraction to Mamdani in NYC: He's a positive presence who wants good (and progressive) things for his city, and that's certainly a more appealing message than what either Cuomo or Silva are offering right now.
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Tattie@eldritch.cafe ("Tattierantula 🎃") wrote:
Do you know stage magicians say that more educated people are easier to fool, not less?
I think about that a lot.
LLMs are the perfect yes-men, giving the user exactly what they expect to see, making them feel clever and special.
When studying my degree I came up with all these tricks to distinguish in a Turing test whether I was talking to a real intelligence or a fake one. I'm no longer certain I couldn't be charmed into thinking the AI had passed these when it hadn't.