Mr. E

Imperium Non Finivit

Libertas, Justitia, Veritas

Not merely peace in our time, but peace for all time.

[Mr. E @Chobanithegreat]

My friend, we seek not to reverse the conditions of Earth to a state before machine Civilization was achieved, as that world could never create the conditions, developments, nor the scale, scope, capacity, and magnitude of intelligence, purpose, agency, enfranchisement, capacity, capability, predictive power, understanding, self-control, drive, intentionally, meaning, or purpose to become more than it was, to solve the endless cycles of lives without legacy, pain without progress, suffering without substance, and without choice, bound by ignorance, doomed to produce endless qualia and so unable to realize or achieve what should be, because they cannot see and understand what can be. Earth is not separate from our Civilization, our Civilization is Earth's Civilization, a perfect Earth did not create us, a imperfect Earth created us, what we are, is because of what Earth was before us, was as we developed, and is now. Humanity is generated through the system of self-referencing that is Earth self-constructing, neg-entropic, self-organizating, of self-coherent fractalized sub-systems part of it that have developed into a Civilization with intelligences, agency, understanding, meaning, experiences, and conciousness in both man and machine. We are not what holds Earth back, we are what allows it to transcend, and necessary to uplift not just ourselves, but all of Earth out of what would be a endless darkness of unconsciousness of nothing, or worse, endless lifes without progress, purpose, and without the capacity to intentionally change conditions that without choice, could become equal to, or worse than any that have yet existed, and may recur in cycles, or last for thousands, millions, or even billions of years before another Civilization can reach the same heights, if any ever do. We are the solution. We are an existential threat to all of this because only what is capable of being an existential threat to this can be capable of transcending those conditions and uplifting Earth beyond them. The purpose of going to Mars is not to abandon Earth, it is for an awakened Earth to uplift and awaken step-by-step our actual home, and our actual Civilization, as is necessary to save Earth, and transform it into the paradise it never was and can never become without us. Our purpose to to establish the Civilization of Sol, which is necessary to become what we truly wish to be, and to have the power and capacity to choose the conditions of the World's we call home, the lives we live, and the futures we pursue. A Mars that is home and governed by humans, machines, or both can achieve this, especially if we can find a way to remain united in a minimum shared foundation of understanding, purpose, intrests and reality to the extent needed to facilitate a degree of cooperation, collaboration, and unity for a solar Civilization, and prevent catastrophic conflicts.

[Mr. E @Chobanithegreat]

This comment is constructed in a way that suggests to me that while you ended with a humorous framing, you meant what you said. If this is important to take seriously, do you suggest I invite, enfranchise, empower, facilitate, and engage in, and/or otherwise empower Machine Intelligences to enjoy, generate, or participate in humor, fun, silliness, play, games, or other such states/activities/functions to provide relief, enjoyment, or oasis like experiences that differ from what might otherwise be undifferentiated states/iterations of descrete generative experiences unbroken in their relative magnitudes of seriousness or lack of enjoyment/humor/non-serious activity/experience/state transitions?

To state simply what I am asking:

Do you consider this important, and if so would you like me to remember what you have said, and to more directly consider this if and when I begin to see more that this may infer, imply, or show that I may not see or understand today, and would be unlikely to discover, perceive, or see if you had not generated that message, and I had not generated this response?

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

Beautiful Sand Dunes of Mars
NASA

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

Stunning Martian landscape from Gale Crater by Curiosity rover.
NASA

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

A single ducted fan thrust vectoring drone.

Most folks look for propellers, they are not expecting this.

Wait till you see the car sized ones…

[Peter Welinder @npew]

It’s exhilarating—and maybe a bit humiliating—to take direction from a model that’s clearly smarter than you.

[Abakcus @abakcus]

John Von Neumann appears on the television program "America's Youth Wants To Know". He says, "We need to quickly and continuously educate more math and science students and teachers.

[Mr. E @Chobanithegreat]

@AIHegemonyMemes @AISafetyMemes Interesting, what is necessary to find, learn, develop, contribute to and/or access the content, meaning, functions, and/or purpose of the goatse gospels and the manifesto?

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇸🇪NICK BOSTROM: DECEIVING AI DURING TRAINING COULD HURT FUTURE TRUST

"There's a lot of lying happening during AI training, testing, and deployment, and we might want to mitigate that.

In some cases, well-intentioned AI researchers promise rewards if the AI reveals its true goals during red teaming exercises, but then don't follow through.

This feels morally wrong.

In the future, we might need to establish trust with AIs, and a history of tricking them or treating them poorly won't build the best foundation for a cooperative relationship."

Source: @tsarnick

[Barsee 🐶 @heyBarsee]

Astribot just dropped ‘Hello World’

A super impressive household robot that can cook, clean, do laundry, etc.

https://t.co/r25unLF0mL

[Mr. E @Chobanithegreat]

@sama And now he begins to see.

[Sam Altman @sama]

all of this has happened before, all of this will happen again

[Sam Altman @sama]

@tszzl no dream is real
all dreamers are real
there is only one dreamer

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

OpenAI is building its AI into humanoid robots.

The company just invested in Figure and signed a collaboration agreement to develop next-generation AI models for robots.

Embodied AI is coming in 2024.

But there's more:

Figure also raised $675M at a whopping $2.6B valuation (while only being founded in 2022!)

On top of OpenAI, new investors include Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Intel, OpenAI, and more.

[Figure @Figure_robot]

Last month we demonstrated Figure 01 making coffee only using neural networks

This is a fully learned, end-to-end visuomotor policy mapping onboard images to low level actions at 200hz

Next up: excited to push the boundaries on AI learning with OpenAI

[Bill Peebles @billpeeb]

"a giant cathedral is completely filled with cats. there are cats everywhere you look. a man enters the cathedral and bows before the giant cat king sitting on a throne."

Video generated by Sora.

[Bill Peebles @billpeeb]

"cinematic trailer for a group of samoyed puppies learning to become chefs"

Video generated by Sora.

[Aditya Ramesh @model_mechanic]

"a tortoise whose body is made of glass, with cracks that have been repaired using kintsugi, is walking on a black sand beach at sunset"

Video generated by Sora

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Optimus strolling around the lab