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@danfaggella Def not. A lot of what you say should be grappled with by serious people. I do think your most controversial idea, and most objectionable, is that you seem to think AGI should happen without any (human) democratic intervention as to whether that condition is desirable or not.

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@danfaggella @BenPielstick I think the thing that's infuriating though is not transhumanism per se but the idea that humans themselves would not have true democratic agency to decide on whether this is an appropriate or desirable course. I'd be curious about your take on that.

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@danfaggella @Quester1920 My theory as to why this is = AI is becoming LESS like humans and more like something entirely alien and different from us. It should not be expected to produce art that hits a high human standard, but probably something else with another artistic standard entirely

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@danfaggella @Quester1920 This is not to diminish its astonishing powers elsewhere...it's just not effective in this particular domain. I do think it can churn out successful commercial fiction, but that's a different proposition than "high art"

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@danfaggella Do u think this will mirror the psychological state of doomscrolling where you're getting everything a sophisticated algo has decided you want but you're nevertheless left feeling emotionally and intellectually hollow? I could see a more immersive experience yielding same result

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@NWDisorder1111 @danfaggella Yeah, I just don't treat these things as inevitable. They're choices that may seem inevitable because they're largely being made by the most powerful and high agency humans and companies in the world, but that's a conditional version of reality, not big R Reality, IMO.

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@danfaggella Thanks, helpful. If 3 is true, then I'm struggling to see why 2 should be allowed to be true, or why 2 should be treated as inevitable and irresistible. Is this not playing irresponsibly with our 'potentia?'

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@CFCforxile Classic kaka goal

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@binarybits @allTheYud Got it, thank you. Just seems inaccurate or incomplete though to call the things Khan wants on the regulatory front a far left thing when it seems there are plenty of bedfellows from other ideological circles who want something similar

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@Yamal_010 Fenomeno. R9

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@shairnn My reasoning FWIW:

5x5 = 25 X 2 = 50
6×6 = 36×2 = 72
3×3= 9×2 = 18

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@shairnn 18

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@iruletheworldmo I'm not sure anyone has any clue about how we'll look back on the chatbot era. It fully depends what happens when our functional intelligence is eclipsed. We don't know what that will look like nor how we'll perceive past events...it's contingent beyond imagination

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@mtracey Just isolating his intellect, I truly can't believe you think he's anything better than a pseudo-intellectual. It doesn't follow that just because a few luminaries tolerated him, he's "highly intelligent." He was an American billionaire w/ connections. Don't overthink this

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@joel_bkr @ben_golub Do you think the "make docs legible + easily accessible by agents" is a durable need or just a near term one?

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@Jp2Djin @BobbyCat42mtHED @patrickdwsn @beffybadbelly The post wasn't about people abandoning or sticking to an ideology because some prominent rep of that ideology was a pedo. We know you're still gonna be right wing, lol. That's not relevant. The question is whether you're going to continue supporting alleged pedos. That simple

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@seejayhess But ultimately you're either obsessed with building context and you clearly see the connection between that and higher performance, or you're not and don't see it or care. Who falls into which bucket is not always easy to predict

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@seejayhess We don't yet know the shape of the underlying skills that drive excellent use of these tools vs. poor use or disinterest. It's mysterious and complicated because it involves both technical skills and entirely non-technical dispositional factors. (1)