ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

@emilymbender TL;DR: Even Sam Altmans vision of success is a goddamn sweatshop.

No, they don't want to address actual problems in the actual world (which would require ceding power). They want to believe themselves gods who can not only create a "superintelligence" but have the beneficence to do so in a way that is "aligned" with humanity.

/fin

The problem isn't regulating "AI" or future "AGI". It's protecting individuals from corporate and government overreach using "AI" to cut costs and or deflect accountability.

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As I said in my earlier short thread on this blog post, I wish I could just laugh at these people, but unfortunately they are attempting (and I think succeeding) to engage the discussion about regulation of so-called AI systems.

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Okay, back to Altman. "As our systems get closer to AGI" -- here's a false presupposition again. Your system isn't AGI, it isn't a step towards AGI, and yet you're dropping that in as if the reader is just supposed to nod along.

Oh, and did you all catch that shout out to xrisk? Weirdo longertermist fantasy indeed.

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Put this up on Twitter over the weekend, but I guess it should go here, too:

Okay, I read it so you don't have to. Here's a reaction thread to OpenAI / Sam Altman's blog post from Friday "Planning for AGI and beyond":

https://openai.com/blog/planning-for-agi-and-beyond/

From the get-go this is just gross. They think they are really in the business of developing/shaping "AGI". And they think they are positioned to decide what "benefits all of humanity".

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But enough reliving the crap that makes me angry for today. The people haven't yet had their daily allowance of memes

reminder for the white folks out there who need it:

white privilege doesn’t mean you didn’t face hardship, it means you didn’t face EXTRA hardship for being white.

there are Black people who’ve faced every hardship you have, but also have to deal with racism on top of it.

learning things is good!

This tiny goat is a Wishing Goat. Close your eyes and make a wish!

#goats #TinyGoat #wish #today

Discovered last night that some books and/or dust jackets are printed with fluorescent ink that glows under UV.
I might have to rearrange my library. "Oh, you're looking for the Ross Thomas? That's shelved in the Glowing section."

#books #bookstodon #fluorescent

The interior of a blast furnace at the Carrie Furnaces in Rankin, PA. Thankfully the property is now being preserved and shared by the nonprofit Rivers of Steel.

Check it out when it was abandoned: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/carrie-furnaces

“If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”

On Steinbeck's birthday, his timeless advice on love https://www.themarginalian.org/2012/01/12/john-steinbeck-on-love-1958/

ESP_031215_1830 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) - https://flic.kr/p/eq8x5n

How likely do you think it is the Associated Press Stylebook editors will say it is fine to use neopronouns (such as "ze" and "zir") in news stories within the next five years?

#grammar #pronouns #AmEditing #AmWriting #journalism

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SPANISH

En mi calidad de #Embajador 'no autorizado' de Mastodon, comparto estos enlaces útiles de Mastodon:
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Consejos Fedi: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-basic-tips/
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