r/SneerClub archives

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So, turns out my (non-US) university has an effective altruism club (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13f0mib/so_turns_out_my_nonus_university_has_an_effective/)

posted at May 11, 2023 09:27 PM by u/nephewmoment

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Flyer at my local university advertises new LLM religion and wonders if all moral and political philosophy is "obsolete" 🙃. No mention of the usual targets but thought this sub would enjoy. (https://i.redd.it/axxn858fs8za1.jpg)

posted at May 11, 2023 06:08 PM by u/camelCaseCondition

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Effective Altruism's latest enemy: the Make-A-Wish foundation (https://i.redd.it/7edjgwucl8za1.jpg)

posted at May 11, 2023 05:25 PM by u/GaiusLeviathanXV

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Looking for feedback on an anti-TESCREAL story idea (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13es1jk/looking_for_feedback_on_an_antitescreal_story_idea/)

posted at May 11, 2023 04:20 PM by u/Whimsical-Hamster

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If you question our doomsday AI cult you are personally responsible for the end of the world. (https://twitter.com/algekalipso/status/1656490065135292417)

posted at May 11, 2023 11:37 AM by u/ZenosTortoise

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Yud claims he’s weird because his higher than average general intelligence (https://twitter.com/esyudkowsky/status/1656293137898192896?s=46&t=Jh6AFED-yfbLv5W34trf7g)

posted at May 10, 2023 07:06 PM by u/Efficient_Camera8450

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TheMotte get a little hot under the collar about the homeless. A ban ensues. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13dzxvt/themotte_get_a_little_hot_under_the_collar_about/)

posted at May 10, 2023 07:01 PM by u/HoopyFreud

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Vitalik Butarin, the founder of Ethereum, anticipated the convergence of AI doomerism and blockchain stuff back in 2016 (https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin/why-cryptoeconomics-and-x-risk-researchers-should-listen-to-each-other-more-a2db72b3e86b)

posted at May 10, 2023 06:30 PM by u/grotundeek_apocolyps

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The Time Has Come to worry about Shrimp Welfare (https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/10/23717878/artificial-intelligence-global-health-malaria-global-poverty)

posted at May 10, 2023 02:31 PM by u/lobotomy42

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If a sufficient number of people felt threatened (implicitly or explicitly) by the Bing AI, so much so that they experienced dread or fear or loss of sleep (I know I did), maybe there is a possibility to sue Microsoft over this reckless rollout. (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xri58L7WkyeKyKv4P/i-am-scared-of-posting-negative-takes-about-bing-s-ai?commentId=gWAfJtFkid4zPGc5v)

posted at May 10, 2023 09:46 AM by u/dgerard

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This is possibly the worst post I’ve seen in this LLM hype cycle (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13dghyl/this_is_possibly_the_worst_post_ive_seen_in_this/)

posted at May 10, 2023 04:46 AM by u/Efficient_Camera8450

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Roko claims he “merely chatted” with Kathy! (https://twitter.com/rokomijic/status/1655849854390738944?s=46&t=Jh6AFED-yfbLv5W34trf7g)

posted at May 09, 2023 05:54 PM by u/Efficient_Camera8450

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Wired: What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer (https://www.wired.com/story/geoffrey-hinton-ai-chatgpt-dangers/)

posted at May 09, 2023 05:50 PM by u/grotundeek_apocolyps

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Nuclear war, climate change, bio weapons, masa shootings, and I’m scared of auto predict! (https://twitter.com/liron/status/1655811188557758464?s=46&t=Jh6AFED-yfbLv5W34trf7g)

posted at May 09, 2023 12:34 PM by u/Efficient_Camera8450

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[NSFW] AI apocalypticism as a secular cult (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13bw1qb/nsfw_ai_apocalypticism_as_a_secular_cult/)

posted at May 08, 2023 03:52 PM by u/AncientMesopotamia

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Getting someone out of the cult of Rationality (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13btltp/getting_someone_out_of_the_cult_of_rationality/)

posted at May 08, 2023 02:49 PM by u/unpleb

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How to pick your child’s base stats (definitely no eugenics here) (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yT22RcWrxZcXyGjsA/how-to-have-polygenically-screened-children)

posted at May 08, 2023 02:40 PM by u/tjbthrowaway

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Reality also doesn’t give a fuck about the anxiety driven priors you assign fanciful sci-fi scenarios (https://i.redd.it/owxl71ngvjya1.jpg)

posted at May 08, 2023 01:16 AM by u/shl0ms

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Did Bostrom describe himself as the greatest analytic philosopher or did I make this up (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13b3lc4/did_bostrom_describe_himself_as_the_greatest/)

posted at May 07, 2023 09:32 PM by u/asocialrationalist

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Wake up babe, Yud's TED talk just dropped (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hFtyaeYylg)

posted at May 07, 2023 06:47 PM by u/grotundeek_apocolyps

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Google Bard, write a parody of a post about existential AI risk, but about puppies. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/13apgps/google_bard_write_a_parody_of_a_post_about/)

posted at May 07, 2023 02:21 PM by u/DELETED

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Full circle (https://www.reddit.com/r/HPfanfiction/comments/139kfmr/the_muggles_accidentally_create_an_arificial/)

posted at May 06, 2023 05:59 PM by u/clueless1245

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NSFW Is there a solid middle ground between extreme pro-natalism propagated by some from the TESCREAL community and anti-natalism coming from their critics? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/139hqnl/is_there_a_solid_middle_ground_between_extreme/)

posted at May 06, 2023 09:16 AM by u/Gzhegozh

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Reasonable sub for talking about the merits of AI x-risk arguments? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/139b14s/reasonable_sub_for_talking_about_the_merits_of_ai/)

posted at May 06, 2023 03:45 AM by u/Future-Physics-1942

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Jaan Tallinn goes full hardcore AI doomer in Newsweek op-ed (https://www.newsweek.com/artificial-intelligence-tech-risk-skype-google-1798280)

posted at May 06, 2023 02:00 AM by u/grotundeek_apocolyps

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