Oh man where to begin. For starters:

• Sentience is overrated
• All communication is manipulative
• Assumes intelligence has a “value” and that it stacks like a Borderlands damage buff
• Superintelligence operates in the world like the chaos god Tzeench from WH40K. Humans can’t win, because all events are “just as planned”
• Humanity is therefore gormless and helpless in the face of superintelligence

It just feeds right into all of the TESCREAL nonsense, particularly those parts that devalue the human part of humanity.

Peter Watts’s Blindsight is a potent vector for brain worms.

oh no, nothing is protecting us, you’re 100% right there. Eating food is about to become a much more dicey proposition.

It is still safe to assume that the ghouls who run Pfizer and ConAgra will bend their resources to protecting the bag from a disposable nutjob.

It’s like an old-timey quilt. You have to build in an imperfection to show humility.

I did not expect Ed to have such a great stage presence. a++ would get mad again

Hot Take: the damage from RFK Jr will be limited by the fact that he’s messing with the money for several large industries, particularly agriculture and pharmaceuticals. They have bottomless pockets and aren’t afraid to bribe the bribable. There will be damage, but he’ll be crushed like a bug in the end.

Also, he clearly annoys the orange guy, can offer him nothing in return now that the election is over, and has already been the victim of a ritual humiliation (e.g. being forced to partake in a McDonald’s meal for the camera), which is the first sign of a Trump guy being de-emphasized.

gentlemen, this means war

-me imagining myself paying to sit through that

Effective Altruism Declares War on the Entire State of Louisiana

If you’re in the mood for a novel that dunks on these nerds, I highly recommend Jason Pargin’s If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_This_Book_Exists,_You're_in_the_Wrong_Universe

However, his younger brother Gary managed to access a seized cryptocurrency storage device using his brother’s credentials and stole more than 712 Bitcoin. He then rather foolishly went on a spending spree, being photographed in a bath full of money and buying a luxury condo in Cleveland. In 2023 he was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for the theft.

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guantanamo rizz

yikes on bikes

youtube poop, apparently

Whuffie, but worse

also, I thought these guys loved The Culture…

Hell yeah. Got a chuckle out of me, thank you for your service! o7

You know shit’s about to get real when the walmart greeter turns off her body cam.

wikipedia picture of austin allegro steering wheel. It is square with deeply rounded corners.

absolutely delightful

hey, how’d this go? love to hear how it went!

ofc it comes with a square wheel.

what if C&4, but in the metaverse?