EvinceoSuper casual conversation about Eugenics
“How dare you call us eugenicists!”
Is that top reply from Scott? And is he really saying that what is holding eugenics back for now is ethical concerns?
Who is Scott and what is slatestarcodex??
David Gerardyeah, you know those guys who talk about the prospect of artificial intelligence taking over and destroying humanity? this is them, this sub sneerclub is about them, and this is the underbelly of their wonderful beliefs
I see. I landed here through sheer coincidence through my front page. Almost like back on reddit. I might look more into this community.
i warn you, it’s a rabbit hole.
enjoy this article for some of the sillier stuff (all referenced in detail)
Roko's basilisk
Roko's basilisk is a fanciful thought experiment about the imagined risks involved in developing artificial intelligence (AI). The idea is that an all-powerful artificial intelligence from the future might retroactively punish those who did not help bring about its existence, including those who merely knew about the possible development of such a being. It is named after English mathematician Roko Mijic, the member of the rationalist community LessWrong who first publicly described it, though he did not originate the underlying ideas. The "basilisk" is by analogy to the mind-breaking images in David Langford's short story BLIT.
I see. I already went down the r/grimezs rabbit hole a bit when I was still on reddit. They are ex-Grimes fans who dig up all the bullshit, bad takes and hidden fascism of Elon and Grimes, who made a new sub because they were censored on the official sub. Grimes doesn’t like that the sub exists and has sent multiple disruptors there to try and silence the sub. But it’s not only about Grimes and Elon but also about all the horrible silicon valley fascists they are friends with and stuff. This communty seems like an extension of that.
it actually started as r/sneerclub on reddit, which branched off from r/badphilosophy because so much Yudkowsky badphil was being posted there.
Oh ok. Don’t know if I heard about that guy before. I might have a lot to read up on.
A good starter article is this one which is in the sidebar of the sub.
Thank you. :-)