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There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)

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herculity275 ◴[12 Aug 24 14:31 UTC] No.41224826[source]▶
The author has also written a short horror story about simulated intelligence which I highly recommend: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
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htk ◴[12 Aug 24 16:16 UTC] No.41226153[source]▶
Reading mmacevedo was the only time that I actually felt dread related to AI. Excellent short story. Scarier in my opinion than the Roko's Basilisk theory that melted Yudkowsky's brain.
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digging ◴[12 Aug 24 17:06 UTC] No.41226777[source]▶
> Scarier in my opinion than the Roko's Basilisk theory that melted Yudkowsky's brain.

Is that correct? I thought the Roko's Basilisk post was just seen as really stupid. Agreed that "Lena" is a great, chilling story though.

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endtime ◴[12 Aug 24 17:40 UTC] No.41227181[source]▶
It's not correct. IIRC, Eliezer was mad that someone who thought they'd discovered a memetic hazard would be foolish enough to share it, and then his response to this unintentionally invoked the Streisand Effect. He didn't think it was a serious hazard. (Something something precommit to not cooperating with acausal blackmail)
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