David Safar

Silicon Valley technologist and Doctor Who podcaster in search of an escape from late-stage capitalism.

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When I was a teenager I thought 50 was old. Now that I'm in my 40s, my perspective has changed.

35 is old.

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@KatjaGrace On the other hand, lacking our social mores, it could easily determine that killing every human being is the most efficient way to achieve some other goal it is given, e.g. "minimize human suffering" -- no more humans means no more human suffering.

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@KatjaGrace I am somewhere around here on the whole issue. From what I've seen, I'm unconvinced that we've reached a point where AI is even capable of independently wanting anything, let alone to kill us all.

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@MerriamWebster either/or depending on the definition:
-everyday/every day

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@ChurchofSatan @dorfmeisterdo By definition anyone who ever speaks has last words once they pass away. Are you saying Anton LaVey was a lifelong mute, or that he never died?

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@SenSanders So, thought experiment: assuming we're currently on the path to artificial superintelligence (ASI), which is debatable, does this result in no one creating ASI, or does it result in ASI being created in secret with less oversight and fewer guard rails?

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@WildSentences When you LOSE weight, your clothing gets LOOSE.

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@slatestarcodex @hormeze I think the framework is sound but "solemn" is not the right adjective. It's more like "deeply engaged". As adults we engage in important things, but children engage in unimportant things as well, including giggling or following your mood moment to moment.

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@TheAgingZoomer @olivvrszn Amen.

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@BallerToy1327 Nah, just shoot me.

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@ApexSeeker_ Live in a good neighborhood.

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@Demeter_Erinia I did this in junior high school in California in the 1990s. It may or may not still be a thing, but it definitely once was.

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@robertbeltran74 @RobertPicardo Venezuelans don't get to decide how we name American memorials.

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@bestofStarTrek It wasn't great, but it wasn't NEARLY as bad as the trailer made it look.

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@s8n I always worded this differently. I don't care why there's a gap in their resume, life happens. So I said "is there anything you'd like to highlight about what you were doing during this gap?", in case they were like, building houses for Habitat for Humanity or some shit.

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@moiiikaaa How to identify when AI's answer is bullshit.

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@PaxAeterna LOL, hold your breath until the check gets here, 'kay?

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@jondelarroz All two of them? What an overwhelming number!

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@ApexSeeker_ Never. Where I live, most people don't carry guns, or if they do, they don't talk about it.

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@bestofStarTrek It looks like it got silicone nacelle implants.

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@Ok_Cinema0 Adam West

And Kevin Conroy beats everyone in the image.