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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 30, 2023, 09:14:19 PM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 30, 2023, 06:43:57 PM »
Cardboard.
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Guess Who Will Post Next... II!
« on: September 30, 2023, 03:47:20 PM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 30, 2023, 03:46:19 PM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 30, 2023, 06:18:06 AM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 29, 2023, 09:30:50 PM »
Rage.
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Discussion and Debate - The Philosopher's Plaza / Re: Weird Internet Communities
« on: September 29, 2023, 09:29:55 PM »
This is certainly an interesting topic I've vaguely encountered floating around. To me, the main concern is that this vague constellation of beliefs is held by and seems to be viral among people with such an outsized degree of wealth. These people have the power to waste (not only their own) time, energy and resources on what seem to me to be ultimately doomed ventures, based in many cases on false premises. For example, transhumanism is based on technology that is so nascent at present that it's barely even experimental and singularitarianism requires that the pace of technology improvement is exponential, despite (in my opinion) the distinct observation that it is stagnating. By fuelling research into such sci-fi technologies, we lose the opportunity to instead spend those resources on things that would help people more immediately, with less risk, and as a sure deal. It's also concerning that the desire for such futuristic tech is also causing corners to be cut, such as the tragic cruelty shown at Elon Musk's Neuralink.
However, I get the impression that while these beliefs are truly held by many, they also provide a utilitarian purpose of driving hype in technology to the end of lining the pockets of their adherents. Sam Altman may well believe that the singularity is coming, say, but I rather get the impression that hand-wringing over the field of "AI" requiring regulations is more to do with driving up the public perception of OpenAI's chatbots than it is genuine concern over the future of humanity. I'm not overly familiar with Effective Altruism, but I had the feeling that it was always more about PR and justification of amassing vast wealth than it was about actually helping people.
However, I get the impression that while these beliefs are truly held by many, they also provide a utilitarian purpose of driving hype in technology to the end of lining the pockets of their adherents. Sam Altman may well believe that the singularity is coming, say, but I rather get the impression that hand-wringing over the field of "AI" requiring regulations is more to do with driving up the public perception of OpenAI's chatbots than it is genuine concern over the future of humanity. I'm not overly familiar with Effective Altruism, but I had the feeling that it was always more about PR and justification of amassing vast wealth than it was about actually helping people.
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Guess Who Will Post Next... II!
« on: September 29, 2023, 08:57:07 PM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 29, 2023, 08:37:30 PM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 29, 2023, 08:30:24 PM »
Keyboard.
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: September 29, 2023, 08:21:36 PM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: December 04, 2022, 10:44:27 AM »
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: November 14, 2022, 08:43:40 PM »
Sword.
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: November 14, 2022, 08:00:42 AM »
Soap
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Forum Games - The Beer Cellar! / Re: Word Association
« on: November 12, 2022, 09:19:21 AM »
Crop.