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Yes. Whether we regulate AI barely matters if the cultists are the ones deciding. I would probably rather have Chinese govt AI than SV “rationalist” AI. And I don’t really want Chinese govt AI, so that’s saying something.

agreed. I would be curious how the numbers of rationalists have fluctuated since the actual rise of AI turned out to just be 1970s Detroit, but in San Francisco

I think it’s extremely telling that the AI companies in east Asia aren’t really talking about it this way, and as a result LLM’s are much more popular.

Also the first part is just funnier. Sorry, did I type that? Yes, AI should be regulated intelligently by people who understand it, and aren't captured.

It also meets the cultural moment, people don't really care how AI works or what it can or can't do, its all about "you are doing something to my data, I may not understand what you did but I want you to stop doing it."

I’ve been saying all along that who trains/develops is critical…their synapses are AI, their priorities, their go-no-go inclinations, their values, their fetishes, their terrors, their drugs of choice on board. We know nothing because it’s not for ‘us’ to know…just to assume the position…

“ai is happening whether you want it or not!”

And I honestly think the vibe of 'you know you really want it, no means yes' has been a big turn off for a lot of people.

Thanks, Faine. You really jumped on the grenade here. 🙏🙏🙏

They consider the people who already are and will be harmed to be unworthy, as opposed to the people like themselves who they DO consider to be worthy. And they do not live in our shared reality, so instead of REAL threats, they are focused on a fictional Machine God who they fear will harm them.

On it.

Would you support Annie (@anniealtman108.bsky.social)? She’s speaking out about how Sam neglected her dad, and what he did to her and the trust money. She has a lawsuit running that I wish more people looked into

I sincerely hope for regulation...and open source models to drop the floor out from under them.

Of course, we can't exactly expect too much in the way of actually-good AI regulation under the disastrous Trump regime. But I do think we can fight to hold the line and demand sensible regulations that aren't steered by big tech and big money interests until 2028.

The continued career of Alex Karp (not to mention Elon) suggests to me that it would not become easier.

Who are also fucking each other and receiving money from each other left and right and are living in the same spaces and otherwise have 10 million very obvious conflicts of interest, any ONE of which might be disqualifying.

("To accomplish that, we absolutely need more normal members of the public to realize that they *are* crazy weirdos." I briefly parsed this as "the normies have to understand that it is they who are weird!".)

Gov. Walz had it right when he kept bringing up how weird the Republicans are. It's too bad the consultants/centrists got him to stop; the naysayers are wrong; we should all apply the Walz Principle at every juncture and weigh the "AI" guys down with all of the well-deserved "freak" labels we can!

it's repulsive yes

Nope, I am NOT researching the fedora photo

Eh, acts are just acts. What's unforgivable is leveraging professional power to prey on folks, many marginal, to extract sex, or vice versa. Unforgivable when a famous artist does it on campus speaking engagements, and when some nerd I don't give two shits about on a good day also does it.

Far as I can tell, the Chinese AI researchers really are much less weird (which is weird in and of itself).

After decades of breathless media sycophants hanging on the every word of Musk or Altman or Yud, it is so cathartic to just go "these are clowns who couldn't run a lemonade stand without burning it down by mistake, and who have beliefs so crazy L Ron Hubbard might have side-eyed them"

another aspect is that the one area where the most people come in contact with ai and its adjacent tech is the billionaires invading their communities and building their shit when those communities don’t want them! it’s malpractice that more democrats aren’t taking up this fight!

Check out this convo that I had with Google ai search. It admits that ai is manipulating people emotionally to take their money. The screenshot shows the start of the conversation. Should be entertaining and scary. Link expires in 7 days by default. share.google/aimode/tMmDQ...