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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Witnessed an AI doomer freaking out over a16z trying to deep-six SB1047.

Seems like the "AI doom" criti-hype is starting to become a bit of an albatross around the industry's neck.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They shriek, endlessly, about their outgroups being cults while blocking anybody who disagrees with them (the actual cultiest thing you can do)

blocking anybody who disagrees with them (the actual cultiest thing you can do)

(the actual cultiest thing you can do)

the texture of a blade of grass is slightly rough. slightly ragged. impossible to describe to someone who has never experienced it

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What's SB1047 about? The post doesn't clarify that in any way.

[–] ShakingMyHead@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb1047

Have a AI regulation committee and also give the committee their own hardware so that they can use that hardware to regulate the other hardware. Maybe.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

What makes me laugh (well, chuckle silently) is how this cult member obviously has not gotten the memo that all legislation is useless and the only thing preventing non-aligned hostile AI is long-ass LW posts.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 3 months ago

It’s some proposed California legislation.