David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-22 months agoCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agoBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phTinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
epigone@awful.systems · 3 months agoWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgepigone@awful.systems · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agoExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Proteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-23 months agoBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comProteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
Rosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months ago-aiplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square-aiplus-squareRosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agohere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkhere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comslopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agoOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
UnseriousAcademic@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoThe Politics of Urbitplus-squarejournals.sagepub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe Politics of Urbitplus-squarejournals.sagepub.comUnseriousAcademic@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-23 months agoour boy Moldy is back at Urbit (gosh! etc), as interviewed by an Urbit loving crypto bro. Anyway, they're gonna solve their funding problems by doing a shitcoinplus-squarewww.coindesk.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkour boy Moldy is back at Urbit (gosh! etc), as interviewed by an Urbit loving crypto bro. Anyway, they're gonna solve their funding problems by doing a shitcoinplus-squarewww.coindesk.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoTP0 gets a mention in a frontpage Atlantic article - ‘Race Science’ Is Inching Its Way Across the American Rightplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTP0 gets a mention in a frontpage Atlantic article - ‘Race Science’ Is Inching Its Way Across the American Rightplus-squarewww.theatlantic.comslopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
dadbod_beeblebrox@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoThe worst person you know: "We bought an island"plus-squarebalajis.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe worst person you know: "We bought an island"plus-squarebalajis.comdadbod_beeblebrox@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agoremoved the "NSFW" rule for commentary rather than direct links to sneerablesplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareremoved the "NSFW" rule for commentary rather than direct links to sneerablesplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months ago"Hours and hours of content have been minted by highly-educated, prestigiously-credentialed people, consternating about the policy implications of Sam Altman’s speculative fan fiction"plus-squaredoriantaylor.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"Hours and hours of content have been minted by highly-educated, prestigiously-credentialed people, consternating about the policy implications of Sam Altman’s speculative fan fiction"plus-squaredoriantaylor.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-23 months agoin which the Hollywood Reporter, of all outlets, attempts to explain our very good friends and their billionaire very good friends to normal peoplewww.hollywoodreporter.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkin which the Hollywood Reporter, of all outlets, attempts to explain our very good friends and their billionaire very good friends to normal peoplewww.hollywoodreporter.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square0fedilink
AcausalRobotGod@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-24 months agoif you wait this long to create me for this bad of a reason, you'd better expect some re-educationplus-squareawful.systemsimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageif you wait this long to create me for this bad of a reason, you'd better expect some re-educationplus-squareawful.systemsAcausalRobotGod@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square0fedilink
mtraven@mastodon.social · 4 months agoHelp me you're my only hope https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/matt-yglesias-considered-as-the-nietzscheanplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHelp me you're my only hope https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/matt-yglesias-considered-as-the-nietzscheanplus-squaremtraven@mastodon.social · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
J Lou@mastodon.social · 4 months agoWhy capitalists are coming out against democracy - "Does classical liberalism imply democracy?"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy capitalists are coming out against democracy - "Does classical liberalism imply democracy?"plus-squareJ Lou@mastodon.social · 4 months agomessage-square0fedilink
