One of the things that is amazing about AI derangement syndrome is that when you call someone out for buying into that shit -- someone you've previously been on quite good terms with for decades -- their response to you saying, "hey, you should stop doing that, there is no ethical use of this tech" is a level of offense as if you have just fucked their cat.
Some of you probably know who I'm talking about. If not, you probably have examples yourselves.
It's a cult or perhaps a religion.
Anyone questioning the irrational beliefs of the faithful are automatically heathen unbelievers and to be shunned.
@cstross @davidgerard @simonzerafa @jwz I was (sneer-)reading that rathbun post earlier and the twit literally has a `SOUL.md` for the prompt seed. as I remarked in the gc, “that soul.md reads like shitty reddit advice to someone on the edge of a PUA community join-up”
the link, if you long to have a reason to bleach your eyes: https://crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-website/blog/posts/rathbuns-operator.html
i snorted
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