Dangerous Ideas of “ #Longtermism ” and “ #ExistentialRisk ” ❧ Current Affairs https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk
>So-called rationalists have created a disturbing #SecularReligion that looks like it addresses humanity’s deepest problems, but actually justifies pursuing the social preferences of elites.
It's also definitely an excellent illustration of the « arsonist firefighter» expression !
Pet peeve:
People talking about mankind as "living in the matrix" as if that's some deep shit.
Darshana Narayanan’s July 2022 #essay in #CurrentAffairs dissects the dangerous #populism and #sensationalism as well as the grave factual #errors and vacuous #speculations underlying the so-called #science and #philosophy of #YuvalNoahHarari .
Also woven in the narrative is Harari’s #mutualistic #symbiosis with #surveillance #capitalism .
#PopulistScience #SensationalistScience #PseudoScience #PseudoPhilosophy
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/07/the-dangerous-populist-science-of-yuval-noah-harari
I should learn to use more tags so here goes, after the fact:
#ai #ml #machinelearning #artificialintelligence (urgh) #infiniteconversation #pseudophilosophy #voicegeneration #deepfake #gpt3 #voicesynthesis #voicemanipulation
Also, the sauce: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/herzog-and-zizek-become-uncanny-ai-bots-trapped-in-endless-conversation/
Remember: Life is beautiful but thorny.
I always will because I have massive scratches on my arms to get this shot (and a few other) inside a runaway rose bush that will surely scar.
Occasionally you must focus in on the small things to blur out the the ugliness you perceive around you.
#Photography #Canon #Spring #Photowalk #Flowers #PseudoPhilosophy