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The NYT platforms Bostrom. (https://archive.is/sfdQL)

posted at April 13, 2023 03:38 AM by u/saucerwizard

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Great read, wish it got more attention (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-03-07/effective-altruism-s-problems-go-beyond-sam-bankman-fried?leadSource=uverify%20wall)

posted at March 17, 2023 03:12 AM by u/Educational_Noise942

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Has Siskind been called out for talking a little too pointedly about crime rates in predominantly black neighbourhoods or something? (https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/give-up-seventy-percent-of-the-way)

posted at March 09, 2023 05:47 AM by u/DELETED

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I Made an Unusable Framework to Predict an Unknowable Thing (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/10jjsss/i_made_an_unusable_framework_to_predict_an/)

posted at January 23, 2023 06:37 PM by u/tjbthrowaway

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'To understand “beep-boopism” as I will describe it here you first must understand rationalist tumblr.' (https://cromulentenough.tumblr.com/post/172258068576/worldoptimization-i-to-understand)

posted at December 22, 2022 12:53 PM by u/GorillasAreForEating

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CEA received $14million from FTX, which covers most of the cost of the manor house they bought (https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnhyatt/2022/11/17/disgraced-crypto-trader-sam-bankman-fried-was-a-big-backer-of-effective-altruism-now-that-movement-has-a-big-black-eye/?sh=618f0fed4ce7)

posted at December 10, 2022 12:35 PM by u/GorillasAreForEating

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Quality sneer in comments: "I’ve read a few things by Bostrom, which just strike me as the philosophical equivalent of math proofs that 1 = 0." (https://crookedtimber.org/2022/11/13/a-rant-on-ftx-william-macaskill-and-utilitarianism/)

posted at November 14, 2022 01:44 AM by u/Consistent_Actuator

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GPT-3 describing LessWrong (https://twitter.com/xuenay/status/1542574569239855105/photo/1)

posted at June 30, 2022 09:27 PM by u/DrinkAcetone

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Another fate awaiting Rationalists. (https://clickhole.com/12-things-you-should-never-say-to-someone-whose-consciousness-was-accidentally-uploaded-into-a-vending-machine/)

posted at May 17, 2022 04:19 PM by u/acausalrobotgod

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Has effective altruism regressed to 2008 era rationality? Brain preservation aka cryogenics "as a possible cause area" (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/sRXQbZpCLDnBLXHAH/brain-preservation-to-prevent-involuntary-death-a-possible)

posted at March 23, 2022 05:10 PM by u/FAIMl

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Grateful to Yud for being an endless source of material (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/r264rw/grateful_to_yud_for_being_an_endless_source_of/)

posted at November 25, 2021 08:50 PM by u/mtraven

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"The usual strategy of asking tech billionaires for money isn’t going to work here because of campaign finance laws" (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/pr94l4/the_usual_strategy_of_asking_tech_billionaires/)

posted at September 19, 2021 02:37 PM by u/sverlook

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Another, longer Worm/rationalism crossover. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/pcvaj6/another_longer_wormrationalism_crossover/)

posted at August 27, 2021 08:22 PM by u/dgerard

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Why does the West dominate the world? Is it because of racism? Capitalism? Colonialism? No, it’s........ eugenics, again (https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/jjupy6/book_review_the_weirdest_people_in_the_world/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)

posted at October 29, 2020 02:30 AM by u/flannyo

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Murray: "[low IQ inferiors should have a "valued place"] ... you occupy a valued place if other people would miss you if you were gone." Lambdaphagy the rationalist: "Are you not moved? Does that not warm your heart? Can't you imagine that passage bouncing around tumblr with like a million reblogs?" (https://lambdaphagy.tumblr.com/post/108050858054/apologia-pro-charles-murray)

posted at October 18, 2020 07:12 PM by u/foobanana

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LessWronger reinvents logical positivism for the 100th time (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PSichw8wqmbood6fj/this-territory-does-not-exist)

posted at August 13, 2020 01:31 AM by u/LwIsAcult

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Top mind on twitter and karma-hoarder on reddit debates abortion with topnotch thoughts. (https://i.imgur.com/SPdsBOB.jpg)

posted at July 23, 2020 03:14 AM by u/marderapc

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Lament the loss of four jobs, but deaths are just statistics (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/hdlwx8/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_june_22_2020/fvxbaat?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x)

posted at June 25, 2020 05:26 AM by u/CarryOn15

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Everyone: “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” Silicon Valley engineers: “Hold my beer.” (https://twitter.com/alt_kia/status/1185613593309405190)

posted at October 20, 2019 01:26 PM by u/pja

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Emotionally-Attached Motteniks can't let go of Gamergate - insist Zoe Quinn and Kotaku were in the wrong, GG did nothing wrong, and no harassment occurred (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/d0jo9y/the_motte_ideological_turing_test_social/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)

posted at September 19, 2019 01:51 AM by u/ImperishableNEET

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Hey! Here's how not to message a survivor of LessWrong's abuse! (https://i.redd.it/twflvqrq47j31.png)

posted at August 28, 2019 02:02 PM by u/PolyamorousNephandus

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NSFW Not a sneer but AI doom going this mainstream will make a lot of new sneerworthy people (https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/05/12/bca-research-5050-chance-a-i-will-wipe-out-all-of-humanity.html)

posted at May 12, 2023 07:19 PM by u/Efficient_Camera8450

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Prior literature = fan fic. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/137tw0g/prior_literature_fan_fic/)

posted at May 04, 2023 05:24 PM by u/EscapedLabRatBobbyK

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NSFW a blog post about AGI. it avoids mentioning them by name, but it's about our very good friends. (https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/ai-bird-brains-silicon-valley/)

posted at May 02, 2023 12:45 PM by u/dgerard

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‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html)

posted at May 01, 2023 01:51 PM by u/muchcharles

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