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Jason Yuan (ex-Apple) is working on social AI called Dots. Not sure quite what it is yet.... 1w ago (collapse hidden) retry 1 1

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Good post but I'm gonna disagree with the framing. tbh the hyperspecialized "start training for a sport while you're still in the womb and make it the sole focus of your life" stuff never seemed aristocratic to me. I understand the aristocratic focus on sp... 2w ago (collapse hidden) retry 9 9

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Sure, I wanted to continue the discussion in >>2513 which this thread was branched from. The message was something along the lines of 'this thread is too long or your account is too new, post elsewhere first'. 3w ago (collapse hidden) retry 4 4

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The elimination of the upper class as a self-conscious, self-contained entity is definitely part of it, both in Europe and in certain parts of America. You did have the transition from an aristocracy based on the ownership of productive land towards a more... 3w ago (collapse hidden) retry 8 8

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I wrote quite a lengthy reply and then accidentally deleted it. FML. I'm not rewriting that at 5 am.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6

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I suppose the crux here is not the cause or even what action must be taken, but the likelihood of real change.... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 5 5

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This conversation reminds me of an article (author I can't recall) defining four alien intelligences:... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6

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intelligent super-ants make a good thought experiment. Let's add the standard set of capabilities: language, learned culture, tool use, fire, reflection, etc. Note these are just capabilities, not values or arbitrary architectural narrowings, but they are ... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 7 7

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Yes it was.... 3mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 9 9

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Memory is requisite to supercoordination, no doubt. Tho my gut is that the key to the first visceral supercoordination system will be synthesis over that memory.... 4mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 4 4

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Ah sorry, I meant a migration **from the physical to the digital world.... 4mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 1 1

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I think even acts of intuitive human intelligence are often difficult to explain to other people; perhaps the metaphor of Cassandra is a good reminder how genius is often recognized far too late:... 4mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 1 1

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Independence is tough as always. The time before social media, many too didn't have independent thinking, just there wasn't a platform to make it evident.... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3

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The vibecamp description is depressing. I havent been but my experience with cringe rationalists very much vibes with it.... 8mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 5 5

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Nevada is the open road radicalized and extended into a whole state. This actually makes it quite pleasant. Almost everything is public land, and underpopulated enough that you can do whatever you want. You can just drive off into the bush and camp, and ev... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 5 5

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Instead of being nostalgic, it occurred to me that I might give an example of a platform that has survived the social apocalypse...... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6

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The algorithm giveth, the algorithm taketh away. Occasionally, it may make mistakes, but more importantly we all may make mistakes in what we like and dislike. Attention is a political resource that we must fight to allocate properly. Please form your opin... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3

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That is to say, if everyone who can be good is attempting to be good, then we need no other plans. If God is real then He will guide us; if not, then our efforts are already in vain. 1y ago (collapse hidden) retry 1 1

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Papen and Hindenburg facilitated the rise of national socialism due to tactical moves in 1933; it did not come from them or their faction. 1y ago (collapse hidden) retry 6 6

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Indeed. The difference between what seems possible according to the world of ideas and what actually is possible is potentially large and always the essence of the game. This is why I'm not sure we can put too much stock in the "it can't reference or be mi... 1y ago (collapse hidden) retry 5 5

Indeed. The differen (view hidden) retry 5 5