Shitgenstein1

joined 1 year ago
[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

"Surely Google will make a smart decision" is a hill surrounded by corpses.

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

Matt Yglesias Considered As The Nietzschean Superman

How is anyone able to read this article beyond this "Charlie Brown Had Hoes"-ass title?

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

watching Austin Energy capping my A/C and deciding to become a rabid supporter of Yud's call to airstrike data centers

 

Really, it was the headlines of Google's AI Overview pulling Reddit shitposts that inspired the return. If Reddit is going to sell its data to Google, then, you know, maybe flood the zone with sludge?

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 27 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Christ, there's so much backstory here - just scrolling through long descriptions of Gerard's views and just thinking "based, based, based, based."

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago

it's an empty paper bag left in an empty parking garage

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There’s currently a loud minority of EAs saying that EA should ostracize people if they associate with people who disagree with them.

people who disagree with them.

Oh, it's racists. The vague description is because it's racists. It's a woke cult now because some people don't want to associate with racists.

[–] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 1 points 2 months ago (9 children)

A year and two and a half months since his Time magazine doomer article.

No shut downs of large AI training - in fact only expanded. No ceiling on compute power. No multinational agreements to regulate GPU clusters or first strike rogue datacenters.

Just another note in a panic that accomplished nothing.

 

Someone I was following on TikTok, whose takes on tech industry bullshit and specifically AI hype I respected, made a video that Roko's basilisk is a serious concern. My apologies to those who have been in this same situation when I was less sympathetic.