Ah yes SE Gyges, the most reasonable pro ai guy.
Soyweiser
Assumed that latter part was common knowledge.
Both are also quite popular in my exp among the wider vaguely leftwing programmer crowd. Which is also good that we keep being critical of both as well here.
Comparing trans rights to chatbot rights is, and let me use British understatement, not it.
A lot of people disagree with me, and that’s okay. I am happy that the philosophical discussion is being had, even if it’s become unhinged.
There is a cartoon for behavior like this.
I don’t think Roko’s basilisk cares what you think
Remember when tracingwoodgrains went after Gerard and said that nobody believes in roko's B? And how it was unfair to mock them for it?
The finances must be really really bad.
Also didn't they define AGI as 'it should be able to make x00 billion dollars'?
Time for 'if you planned this trip using a chatbot, turn back now' signs at hiking trails.
I also only get the gist of it, so this will be a 'im getting a lot of weird questions already answered by my incomprehensible shirt' situation.
banger
Lol sure buddy
TL;DR it’s much harder than they thought it would be
Every time. The only succes they had in the wider space seems to be the EA nets. (And even those had some hiccups when people used the toxic nets to fish).
Re brain surgery.
Finally we are reaching The Expanse level of plans from LW, where they did brain surgery on people to remove their empathy.
That is a silly comparison, in the thing nor aliens nobody joins them willingly.
(And with the creeping corruption, environmental disasters, everything being made worse by sociopaths, but the lack of roaming monsters, the rifters book series would be a better fit).