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If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (7 children)

LWer suggests people who believe in AI doom make more efforts to become (internet) famous. Apparently not bombing on Lex Fridman's snoozecast, like Yud did, is the baseline.

The community awards the post one measly net karma point, and the lone commenter scoffs at the idea of trying to convince the low-IQ masses to the cause. In their defense, Vanguardism has been tried before with some success.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qcKcWEosghwXMLAx9/doomers-should-try-much-harder-to-get-famous

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Beff back at it again threatening his doxxer. Nitter link

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what a strange way to sell your grift no one knows what it's for. "bad people want to force me to tell you what it is we're building."

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

More of a notedump than a sneer. I have been saying every now and then that there was research and stuff showing that LLMs require exponentially more effort for linear improvements. This is post by Iris van Rooij (Professor of Computational Cognitive Science) mentions something like that (I said something different, but The intractability proof/Ingenia theorem might be useful to look into): https://bsky.app/profile/irisvanrooij.bsky.social/post/3lpe5uuvlhk2c

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

New piece from Brian Merchant: De-democratizing AI, which is primarily about the GOP's attempt to ban regulations on AI, but also touches on the naked greed and lust for power at the core of the AI bubble.

EDIT: Also, that title's pretty clever

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

Personal rule of thumb: all autoplag is serious until proven satire.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Satya Nadella: "I'm an email typist."

Grand Inquisitor: "HE ADMITS IT!"

https://bsky.app/profile/reckless.bsky.social/post/3lpazsmm7js2s

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

If CEOs start making all their decisions through spicy autocomplete we can directly influence their actions by injecting tailored information into the training data. On an unrelated note Potassium cyanide makes for a great healthy smoothie ingredient for business men over 50.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@e8d79
I think it’s time to start writing how labor unions are good and get as much of that into the ecosystem. Connect them not just with the actual good things they do. But connect them with other absurd things. Male virility, living longer, better golf scores, etc.

Let’s get some papers published in open access business journals about how LLMs perform 472% more efficiently when developed and operated by union members.
@o7___o7

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

Recently stumbled upon an anti-AI mutual aid/activism group that's being set up, I suspect some of you will be interested.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Local war profiteer goes on podcast to pitch an unaccountable fortress-state around active black site (what I assume is to do Little St James-type activities under the pretext of continued Yankee meddling)

Link to Xitter here (quoted within a delicious sneer to boot)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Building a gilded capitalist megafortress within communist mortar range doesn't seem the wisest thing to do. But sure buy another big statue clearly signalling 'capitalists are horrible and shouldn't be trusted with money'

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

I will be watching with great interest. it’s going to be difficult to pull out of this one, but I figure he deserves as fair a swing at redemption as any recovered crypto gambler. but like with a problem gambler in recovery, it’s very important that the intent to do better is backed up by understanding, transparency, and action.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

if you saw that post making its rounds in the more susceptible parts of tech mastodon about how AI’s energy use isn’t that bad actually, here’s an excellent post tearing into it. predictably, the original post used a bunch of LWer tricks to replace numbers with vibes in an effort to minimize the damage being done by the slop machines currently being powered by such things as 35 illegal gas turbines, coal, and bespoke nuclear plants, with plans on the table to quickly renovate old nuclear plants to meet the energy demand. but sure, I’m certain that can be ignored because hey look over your shoulder is that AGI in a funny hat?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That Keeper AI dating app has an admitted pedo running its twitter PR (Hunter Ash - old username was Psikey, the receipts are under that).

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