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That Time Eliezer Yudkowsky recommended a really creepy sci-fi book to his audience (medium.com)
In which a Eugenicist Effective Altruist advocates becoming a cuckold for the greater good in c/[email protected]
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In which a Eugenicist Effective Altruist advocates becoming a cuckold for the greater good (nicholasdecker.substack.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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From the author of "EAs should probably focus on recruiting the ultra-wealthy"

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The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco (newrepublic.com)
 

The article doesn't mention SSC directly, but I think it's pretty obvious where this guy is getting his ideas

GabAI system prompt leaked in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When they made an alt-right equivalent of Patreon they called it "Hatreon". This stuff is like a game to them.

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'It’s a common misconception that we recommend all EAs “marry to give,” or marry a high-net-worth individual with the intent of redirecting much of their wealth to effective causes' (web.archive.org)
 

An old post from Caroline Ellison's tumblr, since deleted.

The current TPOT implosion in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Apparently Aella and Robin Hanson showed up at vibecamp too, I guess it's a big deal for the greater rationalist community.

LOL, LMAO: Inside the first 'SEO heist' of the AI era. Web2 is going great! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

SEO will pillage the commons.

My personal conspiracy theory (not sure if I actually believe this yet):

The idea that people would use generative AI to make SEO easier (and thus make search engine results worse) was not an unfortunate side effect of generative AI, it was the entire purpose. It's no coincidence that OpenAI teamed up with Google's biggest rival in search engines; we're now seeing an arms race between tech giants using spambot generators to overwhelm the enemy's filters.

The decision to make chatGPT public was not about concern for openness (if it was they would have made the earlier versions of GPT public too), it's more that they had a business partner lined up and Google search had become enshittified enough that they thought they could pull off a successful "disruption".

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"Successful people create companies. More successful people create countries. The most successful people create religions." (blog.samaltman.com)
 

From Sam Altman's blog, pre-OpenAI

Nonlinear seem to think this post replying to the accusations about them will make them look like the heroes in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since they brought up Kathy Forth I'd just like to remind everyone within a few weeks of Kathy's death it was revealed that they had in fact known about the accusations against Brent Dill.