wurst-case scenario modeling. grain of salt included.

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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
And the analogy is even better than you're letting on. A single powerful graphics card is more like a normal amount of fertilizer. All of the really scary stuff is when you have far more powerful GPUs than any normal person could possibly use. Same as fertilizer.
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yeah this take is aging well
philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_
Sep 24
Nikole Hannah Jones will be interviewed by her daughter for an episode of “This American Life” airing on September 27 at 7pm CT thisamericanlife.org/898/the…
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
A) It's funny that ultimately the question we're debating comes down to 'is [X group] weird about sex' and you're chiming in on the 'no they aren't' side. You know I can see your PFP right?. B) CNC is exactly what every normal person would expect to find in the bedroom of a girl who says 'i like r pe'. So that's a pretty dumb example C) CNC is a very weird sex thing. Especially when done in organized parties.
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
Lmao yea you're right, CNC and r pe are completely different topics, not sure what I was thinking
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
Replying to @anpaure @tenobrus
implied in your comment is "we can answer this question of whether or not ai safety advocates / EA / rationalists have a 'freak' problem via public research" do you want to take a second and either explain why that's not implied or else admit that's a silly thing to say?
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
Replying to @SirajAHashmi
Woke 1 was crazy because we focused on imaginary harms against local savages. We've learned our lesson and improved by introducing Woke 2: focusing on imaginary harms against foreign savages.
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
The popularizers of CNC are going to struggle with this specific claim
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This is absolutely pathetic. The need to HRify everything, including Special Forces.
EXCLUSIVE: Special forces soldiers believe they are “untouchable” and not all of them are the heroes they think they are, according to a former female civil servant who worked alongside them. Monica Grenfell, who was employed at the Special Air Service (SAS) headquarters in Credenhill, near Hereford, for three years, said some of the elite troops were “feral” and it was “the nasty characters who really ruled the roost”. She has given evidence under oath to the Afghan Inquiry and has now been interviewed by @thetimes thetimes.com/article/5706a8a…
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
Replying to @tenobrus
You're saying it's merely pretty rare rather than extremely rare. This isn't much of an endorsement.
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
It's an investigation into the misdeeds of Cambridge which led to the death of a dead man.
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Cambridge is no longer planning to investigate Jason Arday’s academic record or the university’s decision to hire or cover for him. Instead, the investigation will focus on “his welfare, his care, his well-being” and “whether the school offered him sufficient support amid accusations that he plagiarized.”
It’s all too predictable.
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the tiny domesticated dog runs free while his wild wolf brethren pace the enclosure. much to think about as i log into microsoft teams this morning.
At the Harbin Polar Aquarium, one dog and four wolves are having a great time playing together! 😃
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Noam Blum
@neontaster
Sep 24
Weird that Nick Kristoff's blockbuster rape dogs report had zero follow ups from the news desk at the New York Times or, for that matter, any other media outlet. The story was widely shared as true and then buried and never spoken of again.
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
Replying to @thinkingshivers
I'll take the L
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"Why aren't teenagers interested in dating?" Well, for starters, because every possible institution that used to be available for teens to enjoy themselves and stretch their independence has been steadily eliminated, all because we can't be honest about who the troublemakers are.
Oh boy you just know one demographic is going to absolutely hate this policy change.
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How did “a tech billionaire should decide what politicians are allowed to say to voters” somehow become the left wing position in this argument
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm
Sep 23
First clip for Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in ‘THE SOCIAL RECKONING’. In theaters on October 9.
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
They're like the Nazis if the Germans were too stupid and uncivilized to be truly dangerous
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
Probably answered the precise question that was asked instead of the question the customer intended to ask
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
The most shocking Account Based in US of all time
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Grain And Salt
@ThreadbareModel
Sep 25
Idk how Nate didn't realize he's answering Bill's question. What's their alignment? There isn't any! So then why is the flag there? There's a real answer. Bill is asking what the answer is. Nate is studiously ignoring the answer.
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