I’d chalk it up to the LWer inability to a) summarise and/or summarise accurately, and/or LLM usage.
these fucks: "Don't make me tap the sign!!!"
the sign: "My final braincell fell out of my open mouth while drooling"
but I also still think superintelligence shouldn’t be built, because if we’re letting Sam Altman and Elon Musk dictate the “values” encoded into it I do not want to live in that world
Well, sure. FWIW most of us here are on one of two trains:
Of course, there is something to be said about not wanting anyone throwing money at Musk or Altman because they've conned people into thinking we're on the cusp. But yeah, I would say most people here do not share this concern, just as no one should be concerned about a dragon razing their town.
One of my ongoing sidequests is creating a K-pop playlist of songs that describe the lifecycle of a bubble economy. I only discover songs through accident right now, so progress on this playlist is slow, but that means that I can store the whole list in my head. Here's the current playlist:
And finally, I can announce a new addition to this collection:
Antifragile by LE SSERAFIM. Specifically, this is included as a reference to NNT's book and concept Antifragile. I think this is a good song to have at the end of the playlist to represent the economic analysis before and after a bubble.
OFC I am open to suggestions! They have to be K-pop though.
theyrenotconfessingtheyrebragging.flac
the spectre of Ea-nāṣir stirs
I’d never been particularly ardent about believing it, but this right here is firm evidence to me that existing in a rigid gender binary is mental and spiritual poison. Whoever this person is, they’re never going to grow up.
Honestly i feel like my role in many of my friendships is simply telling people that they don’t have to follow these prescriptions and are allowed to do things outside of them, and that following these prescriptions isn’t some magic pill that is going to fix their lives, and is more likely a poison. So yeah if you started ardently believing that, I would not be opposed.
These people are bitter and sad because they are trying to perform in hypermasculine roles that only exist as fiction in marketing and propaganda. I’m bitter and sad because:
Manifesting a more ironworker forward 2026 bless 🙏🙏🙏
I liked the part where the reviewer is mysteriously compelled to visit France while reading this novel, which is notably set in France.