swlabr

joined 1 year ago
[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

https://xcancel.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1832452673867546802

I didn't want to watch the cartoon because I thought I could just skim the story faster, and that's how I read the "Hurr durr AI can derive general relativity in three frames, nothing personnel, kid" story in full for the first time. It sucks that people didn't nip Yud in the bud early enough by telling him he lacked sci-fi chops, though I suspect that wouldn't have slowed him down at all.

The story itself is an allegory^1^ about AI processing information fast^2^. Yud wasn't thinking of himself as a sci-fi writer when writing this; he probably thought he was the messiah delivering a sermon, which... is exactly how I've come to understand Yud anyway.

  1. the fact of which is explicitly spelt out in the middle third when it drops out of the narrative entirely to do so
  2. see hurr durr description in paragraph above
[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago

Angrily puts away bludgeon

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago

I think I’ve seen a bit of it and thought that it was a game that could kill me in that manner!!!

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

“Your wages feel overtuned.”

“We’re thinking of reworking your position.”

“This company is in beta. Your position is not fixed and might not be in the final product.”

Tangent: As a first time participant in an early access game, I came across the term “overtuned” which made me irrationally angry. My understanding is that it is supposed to mean “you buffed this because of feedback but maybe a little too much” but I have rarely seen it used to mean other than “this needs a nerf, and I won’t justify my position, but I want to sound like I’m reasonable”

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m thinking this is a POSIWID kind of deal. The mission statement of this company should just be: “A. I. Money please!”

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

it is stupid and wrong, and i pity your inability to understand that fact

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah where is he? I would like to bludgeon him

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 9 points 2 months ago

He’s (lol) supposedly super into math and game theory

It’s kind of the inverse of a sports fan that is into sports because of the stats. He’s into the stats for the magical thinking

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago

Actually, LLMs are syringes filled with brain-parasite-infested poop

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 12 points 2 months ago

Self declared expert understander yud misunderstanding something is great. Self declared expert understander yud using known misunderstanding generator chatgpt is the cherry on top.

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