Me, about to suggest some actually really good, thought provoking Marvel comics that somehow got made alongside the relentless superhero soap opera: oh wait now isn't the time, we're dunking on the AI bro
It's like the classic comic "we should improve society somewhat!" "And yet you participate in society!"
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas Kuhn
Bit of philosophy of science is a useful bit of immunization against Rationalist bullshit. Maybe not on its own, but it helps.
Seconding, Mismeasure of Man is fantastic.
Ayuuuuuuuup. Movable feast is a great term for it. Even once formerly ostracized groups get permitted into the in-group, their membership is strictly conditional on serving the interests of those closer into the center of the Whiteness construct. Stop being useful, watch how fast the old hate rears its ugly head again.
Fucking giant water and power guzzling data centers, ugh.
I haven't seen any numbers on how much Sora cost to train, nor how much it costs to run- I can't help but believe it's painfully high.
How delightfully ineffective
(Seriously, what has Effective Altruism ever accomplished beyond buying castles?)
As someone who made decent money off that site back in the day, fuck Steemit. Realizing that my earnings came from Korean folks losing their life savings turned me against crypto for life.
Such a shock.
I've spent way too many pages of my books making fun of utilitarians to stop now lol.
Even Peven Stinker, friend and defender of Jeffrey Epstein, is coming out against EA? Wow.