Evinceo

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[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 8 points 11 months ago

LW writing converges on Deathnote fanfic.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 14 points 11 months ago

As opposed to normalizing it by talking about it all the god damned time, for example by using it in your thought experiments instead of literally any other criminal compulsion.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 7 points 11 months ago

You mean awful systems (this server? or SSC (the linked sub)?

This is a good primer on the linked sub.

This community is here to share amusement/horror at that community and their associated techno-utopian corpo-cults.

This source of popcorn/dread recently went fairly mainstream with FTX's implosion and OpenAI's near-implosion.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Isn't that a mangled L Ron Hubbard quote?

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 7 points 11 months ago

I'll remember that next time a TREACLES tires to explain how something that totally discredits rationalists has nothing to do with EA.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ok, I've spent way too much time on this, but read the "Sharing Information on Ben Pace" section. As some of the comments point out, it could be written about Kat's own reaction to the earlier article.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 8 points 11 months ago

Whenever I see that they're updating their opinions I imagine that's where the micro dosing comes in.

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

Fooling EAs is a lot easier and less risky than fooling the IRS.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is a 60 minute post. Nobody proofread this. They're hoping few people will read the whole thing, and they're probably right.

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 7 points 11 months ago (6 children)

So what's the deal with Oxford? I know exactly what's up with Stanford from Palo Alto but anyone have a good explainer on why Oxford is like this?

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 8 points 11 months ago

Do they address the allegation that Drew was sleeping with Alice and Kat was harassing her about it? That was the most damning allegation in the original wasn't it?

[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Think of how many souls could have been saved if you didn't waste the church's time investigating all those abusive priests! Truly the investigators are sinners on a staggering scale!

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