keeda
13 minutes ago
I suppose the earring never whispered anything about putting glue on pizza?
Clarity didn't work, trying mysterianism (2012)
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avaer
2 hours ago
One of the more compelling (and scary) stories about how AI takes over the world. If you liked this, also check our Pluribus.
beepbooptheory
an hour ago
This came up the other day, can someone help explain this to me? I am not quite sharp enough to understand it. Context:
fourthark
37 minutes ago
Seems like a fairly direct parable against AI, suggesting that even if it's right it's better to think for yourself.
beepbooptheory
32 minutes ago
You mean like LLM AI? Seems a little too early for that no?
Either way, what is it right about? In your mind?
paytonjjones
12 minutes ago
Based on your comments I think you do understand it but are taking it too seriously / too literally.
Consider the title: Scott Alexander and others have written more clear, philosophically robust versions of a similar argument ("you shouldn't trade your agency for good outcomes").
But that's not the point here. This is the artsy version that's supposed to make you feel the argument.
mmooss
2 hours ago
(2012)
Also here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20131230055512/http://squid314.l...
Does anyone know the provenance of this story? One comment says, responding to someone who recommends publishing it,
> The problem is that it's published so he can sell only second rights.
EDIT: The story is tagged (at the top) "fiction, raikoth". Raikoth is the 'constructed civilization' of Scott Alexander, author of Slate Star Codex, et al. And though the post is at gwern.net, I see the author is "Scott".
lalaithion
2 hours ago
What do you mean the provenance? It was published on livejournal in 2012, that’s the provenance.
emmelaich
39 minutes ago
Yep, Scott (squid314) used livejournal before SlateStarCodex, before AstralCodexTen.