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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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1. CobrastanJorji ◴[12 Aug 24 21:46 UTC] No.41229694[source]▶
Assuming the person who posted it believed that it was true, it was indeed hugely irresponsible to post it. But, then again, assuming the person who posted it believed that it was true, it would also be their duty, upon pain of eternal torture, to spread it far and wide.