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  1. "Since ISIS is pretty much the worst thing in the world now ..."

    #DavidChapman

    This claim has not aged well. It's pretty obvious that Orange Stalinism is the worst thing in the world right now. But for reasons explained on the linked page, I think its days are numbered, so my claim too has a shelf life. As dies any such claim by its very nature.

    #Meaningness

  2. "Since ISIS is pretty much the worst thing in the world now ..."

    #DavidChapman

    This claim has not aged well. It's pretty obvious that Orange Stalinism is the worst thing in the world right now. But for reasons explained on the linked page, I think its days are numbered, so my claim too has a shelf life. As dies any such claim by its very nature.

    #Meaningness

  3. "Since ISIS is pretty much the worst thing in the world now ..."

    #DavidChapman

    This claim has not aged well. It's pretty obvious that Orange Stalinism is the worst thing in the world right now. But for reasons explained on the linked page, I think its days are numbered, so my claim too has a shelf life. As dies any such claim by its very nature.

    #Meaningness

  4. "Since ISIS is pretty much the worst thing in the world now ..."

    #DavidChapman

    This claim has not aged well. It's pretty obvious that Orange Stalinism is the worst thing in the world right now. But for reasons explained on the linked page, I think its days are numbered, so my claim too has a shelf life. As dies any such claim by its very nature.

    #Meaningness

  5. "Left behind by modernity, and then by postmodernity, much of the third world never had a working systematic mode, and so now doesn’t understand why that can’t work. As in the West in the 1930s, the obvious response is to try to make eternalism work by force. Fundamentalism and totalitarian nationalism—fused in every third-world version—are attempts. As these fail, they become ever more desperate, and therefore ever more extreme and violent."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/fundamentalism

    (1/2)

  6. "Left behind by modernity, and then by postmodernity, much of the third world never had a working systematic mode, and so now doesn’t understand why that can’t work. As in the West in the 1930s, the obvious response is to try to make eternalism work by force. Fundamentalism and totalitarian nationalism—fused in every third-world version—are attempts. As these fail, they become ever more desperate, and therefore ever more extreme and violent."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/fundamentalism

    (1/2)

  7. "Left behind by modernity, and then by postmodernity, much of the third world never had a working systematic mode, and so now doesn’t understand why that can’t work. As in the West in the 1930s, the obvious response is to try to make eternalism work by force. Fundamentalism and totalitarian nationalism—fused in every third-world version—are attempts. As these fail, they become ever more desperate, and therefore ever more extreme and violent."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/fundamentalism

    (1/2)

  8. "Left behind by modernity, and then by postmodernity, much of the third world never had a working systematic mode, and so now doesn’t understand why that can’t work. As in the West in the 1930s, the obvious response is to try to make eternalism work by force. Fundamentalism and totalitarian nationalism—fused in every third-world version—are attempts. As these fail, they become ever more desperate, and therefore ever more extreme and violent."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/fundamentalism

    (1/2)

  9. This seems connected to the push to privatise management of health data as an opportunity for corporate profit;

    "Everyone can spread the word that companies and government agencies carelessly allowing cybercriminals and hostile states to get access to private personal data is outrageous and unacceptable. Make a point of this on social media. Demand legislation for financial and legal accountability."

    #DavidChapman, Better Without AI, 2023

    betterwithout.ai/cybersecurity

    #books #AI #BetterWithoutAI

  10. This seems connected to the push to privatise management of health data as an opportunity for corporate profit;

    "Everyone can spread the word that companies and government agencies carelessly allowing cybercriminals and hostile states to get access to private personal data is outrageous and unacceptable. Make a point of this on social media. Demand legislation for financial and legal accountability."

    #DavidChapman, Better Without AI, 2023

    betterwithout.ai/cybersecurity

    #books #AI #BetterWithoutAI

  11. This seems connected to the push to privatise management of health data as an opportunity for corporate profit;

    "Everyone can spread the word that companies and government agencies carelessly allowing cybercriminals and hostile states to get access to private personal data is outrageous and unacceptable. Make a point of this on social media. Demand legislation for financial and legal accountability."

    #DavidChapman, Better Without AI, 2023

    betterwithout.ai/cybersecurity

    #books #AI #BetterWithoutAI

  12. This seems connected to the push to privatise management of health data as an opportunity for corporate profit;

    "Everyone can spread the word that companies and government agencies carelessly allowing cybercriminals and hostile states to get access to private personal data is outrageous and unacceptable. Make a point of this on social media. Demand legislation for financial and legal accountability."

    #DavidChapman, Better Without AI, 2023

    betterwithout.ai/cybersecurity

    #books #AI #BetterWithoutAI

  13. "Surprisingly, vampires have played a significant role in Buddhism, in Asia, for centuries. They are not a Western invention.

    And, contemporary vampire fiction—“preternatural romance”—provides tools for presenting aspects of Buddhism that are otherwise difficult to communicate."

    #DavidChapman

    buddhism-for-vampires.com/

    #Buddhism #vampires

  14. "Surprisingly, vampires have played a significant role in Buddhism, in Asia, for centuries. They are not a Western invention.

    And, contemporary vampire fiction—“preternatural romance”—provides tools for presenting aspects of Buddhism that are otherwise difficult to communicate."

    #DavidChapman

    buddhism-for-vampires.com/

    #Buddhism #vampires

  15. "Surprisingly, vampires have played a significant role in Buddhism, in Asia, for centuries. They are not a Western invention.

    And, contemporary vampire fiction—“preternatural romance”—provides tools for presenting aspects of Buddhism that are otherwise difficult to communicate."

    #DavidChapman

    buddhism-for-vampires.com/

    #Buddhism #vampires

  16. "Surprisingly, vampires have played a significant role in Buddhism, in Asia, for centuries. They are not a Western invention.

    And, contemporary vampire fiction—“preternatural romance”—provides tools for presenting aspects of Buddhism that are otherwise difficult to communicate."

    #DavidChapman

    buddhism-for-vampires.com/

    #Buddhism #vampires

  17. @b_cavello
    > No one man should have all that power

    "It is not intelligence that is dangerous; it is power."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/fear-AI-power

    @aral @tommi

  18. @b_cavello
    > No one man should have all that power

    "It is not intelligence that is dangerous; it is power."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/fear-AI-power

    @aral @tommi

  19. @b_cavello
    > No one man should have all that power

    "It is not intelligence that is dangerous; it is power."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/fear-AI-power

    @aral @tommi

  20. @b_cavello
    > No one man should have all that power

    "It is not intelligence that is dangerous; it is power."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/fear-AI-power

    @aral @tommi

  21. PS "Standing down requires breaking the confusion/fear/anger/aggression cycle."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/counterculture

    This is what I am arguing for.

    #Meaningness

  22. PS "Standing down requires breaking the confusion/fear/anger/aggression cycle."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/counterculture

    This is what I am arguing for.

    #Meaningness

  23. PS "Standing down requires breaking the confusion/fear/anger/aggression cycle."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/counterculture

    This is what I am arguing for.

    #Meaningness

  24. PS "Standing down requires breaking the confusion/fear/anger/aggression cycle."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/counterculture

    This is what I am arguing for.

    #Meaningness

  25. "Media coverage of politics is awful; deliberately making everything worse in pursuit of advertising dollars."

    #DavidChapman

    meaningness.com/counterculture

    Audio book version;

    fluidity.libsyn.com/wreckage-t

    All the more so on ad-funded digital platforms.

    #Meaningness #NewsMedia #MediaFunding #advertizing

  26. #TIL that Matt Arnold is recording audio versions of a number of books on his Fluidity blog. Most recently Better Without AI, David Chapman's non-fiction primer on LLMs, which starts here;

    fluidity.libsyn.com/only-you-c

    Prior to this, he was reading from Chapman's other work, including the unfinished hypertext books Meaningness and Time, and In The Cells Of The Eggplant.

    #podcasts #AudioBooks #Fluidity #MattArnold #BetterWithoutAI #DavidChapman #AI #MOLE

  27. #TIL that Matt Arnold is recording audio versions of a number of books on his Fluidity blog. Most recently Better Without AI, David Chapman's non-fiction primer on LLMs, which starts here;

    fluidity.libsyn.com/only-you-c

    Prior to this, he was reading from Chapman's other work, including the unfinished hypertext books Meaningness and Time, and In The Cells Of The Eggplant.

    #podcasts #AudioBooks #Fluidity #MattArnold #BetterWithoutAI #DavidChapman #AI #MOLE

  28. #TIL that Matt Arnold is recording audio versions of a number of books on his Fluidity blog. Most recently Better Without AI, David Chapman's non-fiction primer on LLMs, which starts here;

    fluidity.libsyn.com/only-you-c

    Prior to this, he was reading from Chapman's other work, including the unfinished hypertext books Meaningness and Time, and In The Cells Of The Eggplant.

    #podcasts #AudioBooks #Fluidity #MattArnold #BetterWithoutAI #DavidChapman #AI #MOLE

  29. #TIL that Matt Arnold is recording audio versions of a number of books on his Fluidity blog. Most recently Better Without AI, David Chapman's non-fiction primer on LLMs, which starts here;

    fluidity.libsyn.com/only-you-c

    Prior to this, he was reading from Chapman's other work, including the unfinished hypertext books Meaningness and Time, and In The Cells Of The Eggplant.

    #podcasts #AudioBooks #Fluidity #MattArnold #BetterWithoutAI #DavidChapman #AI #MOLE

  30. "We’ve seen that current AI practice leads to technologies that are expensive, difficult to apply in real-world situations, and inherently unsafe. Neglected scientific and engineering investigations can bring better understanding of the risks of current AI technology, and can lead to safer technologies."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/science-engin

    #AI #MOLE

  31. "We’ve seen that current AI practice leads to technologies that are expensive, difficult to apply in real-world situations, and inherently unsafe. Neglected scientific and engineering investigations can bring better understanding of the risks of current AI technology, and can lead to safer technologies."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/science-engin

    #AI #MOLE

  32. "We’ve seen that current AI practice leads to technologies that are expensive, difficult to apply in real-world situations, and inherently unsafe. Neglected scientific and engineering investigations can bring better understanding of the risks of current AI technology, and can lead to safer technologies."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/science-engin

    #AI #MOLE

  33. "We’ve seen that current AI practice leads to technologies that are expensive, difficult to apply in real-world situations, and inherently unsafe. Neglected scientific and engineering investigations can bring better understanding of the risks of current AI technology, and can lead to safer technologies."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/science-engin

    #AI #MOLE

  34. "People, societies, and cultures produce intelligence, not brains. Brains are involved, as are (for example) stories. A brain would not be sufficient to produce intelligence, if one could somehow be disentangled from the person, society, and culture."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #intelligence

  35. "People, societies, and cultures produce intelligence, not brains. Brains are involved, as are (for example) stories. A brain would not be sufficient to produce intelligence, if one could somehow be disentangled from the person, society, and culture."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #intelligence

  36. "People, societies, and cultures produce intelligence, not brains. Brains are involved, as are (for example) stories. A brain would not be sufficient to produce intelligence, if one could somehow be disentangled from the person, society, and culture."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #intelligence

  37. "People, societies, and cultures produce intelligence, not brains. Brains are involved, as are (for example) stories. A brain would not be sufficient to produce intelligence, if one could somehow be disentangled from the person, society, and culture."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #intelligence

  38. "Two dangerous falsehoods afflict decisions about artificial intelligence:

    * First, that neural networks are impossible to understand. Therefore, there is no point in trying.

    * Second, that neural networks are the only and inevitable method for achieving advanced AI. Therefore, there is no reason to develop better alternatives."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #AI #NeuralNetworks

  39. "Two dangerous falsehoods afflict decisions about artificial intelligence:

    * First, that neural networks are impossible to understand. Therefore, there is no point in trying.

    * Second, that neural networks are the only and inevitable method for achieving advanced AI. Therefore, there is no reason to develop better alternatives."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #AI #NeuralNetworks

  40. "Two dangerous falsehoods afflict decisions about artificial intelligence:

    * First, that neural networks are impossible to understand. Therefore, there is no point in trying.

    * Second, that neural networks are the only and inevitable method for achieving advanced AI. Therefore, there is no reason to develop better alternatives."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #AI #NeuralNetworks

  41. "Two dangerous falsehoods afflict decisions about artificial intelligence:

    * First, that neural networks are impossible to understand. Therefore, there is no point in trying.

    * Second, that neural networks are the only and inevitable method for achieving advanced AI. Therefore, there is no reason to develop better alternatives."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/backpropagand

    #AI #NeuralNetworks

  42. One of the biggest problems with the phrase "artificial intelligence" is that decades of criti-hyping sci-fi has endowed it with the meaning "simulated mind". But human technology is no closer to creating that than we were in the 1950s. As AI experts like #DavidChapman tirelessly point out, humans haven't even developed a philosophy of mind accurate enough to tell us what a simulated mind would be simulating.

    (1/2)

    #AI

  43. One of the biggest problems with the phrase "artificial intelligence" is that decades of criti-hyping sci-fi has endowed it with the meaning "simulated mind". But human technology is no closer to creating that than we were in the 1950s. As AI experts like #DavidChapman tirelessly point out, humans haven't even developed a philosophy of mind accurate enough to tell us what a simulated mind would be simulating.

    (1/2)

    #AI

  44. One of the biggest problems with the phrase "artificial intelligence" is that decades of criti-hyping sci-fi has endowed it with the meaning "simulated mind". But human technology is no closer to creating that than we were in the 1950s. As AI experts like #DavidChapman tirelessly point out, humans haven't even developed a philosophy of mind accurate enough to tell us what a simulated mind would be simulating.

    (1/2)

    #AI

  45. One of the biggest problems with the phrase "artificial intelligence" is that decades of criti-hyping sci-fi has endowed it with the meaning "simulated mind". But human technology is no closer to creating that than we were in the 1950s. As AI experts like #DavidChapman tirelessly point out, humans haven't even developed a philosophy of mind accurate enough to tell us what a simulated mind would be simulating.

    (1/2)

    #AI

  46. "So-called “neural networks” are extremely expensive, poorly understood, unfixably unreliable, deceptive, data hungry, and inherently limited in capabilities.

    In short: they are bad."

    #DavidChapman, Gradient Dissent

    #AI #MOLE #NeuralNetworks

  47. "So-called “neural networks” are extremely expensive, poorly understood, unfixably unreliable, deceptive, data hungry, and inherently limited in capabilities.

    In short: they are bad."

    #DavidChapman, Gradient Dissent

    #AI #MOLE #NeuralNetworks

  48. "So-called “neural networks” are extremely expensive, poorly understood, unfixably unreliable, deceptive, data hungry, and inherently limited in capabilities.

    In short: they are bad."

    #DavidChapman, Gradient Dissent

    #AI #MOLE #NeuralNetworks

  49. "So-called “neural networks” are extremely expensive, poorly understood, unfixably unreliable, deceptive, data hungry, and inherently limited in capabilities.

    In short: they are bad."

    #DavidChapman, Gradient Dissent

    #AI #MOLE #NeuralNetworks

  50. "AI is about power and control. The technical details are interesting for some of us, but they’re a sideshow.

    Superintelligence is a fantasy of power, not intelligence. Intelligence is just a technical detail."

    #DavidChapman

    betterwithout.ai/one-bit-futur

    I've already posted quotes from this book that make this point, but I think it's worth reiterating. Plus I just really like this quote.

    #AI #MOLE #Superintelligence