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My personal opinions are:
- #SimulationArgument is a philosophical sleight-of-hand, smoke and mirrors. The field of philosophy is full of these on-surface convincing arguments leading to absurd conclusions. They are generally based on a subtle deceit amplified thousand-fold by logic.
- Paperclip maximization argument is criticism of #capitalism, not #AI.
- #Panpsychism is true, and simple cognition isn't rare or difficult in the universe.
- #QuantumComputation isn't necessary for cognition or #AGI.
- #EffectiveAltruists are trying to solve a non-linear moral control problem by looking at a wrong thing: Far future instead of the present. You can't assume #future trajectories conditioned on people behaving sensibly if you are yourself advocating for behaving irrationally. Your alternative model of #ethics screws up the premise for the future taken as granted. Analogous to: https://xkcd.com/989/ -
CW: Long thread/4
The most remarkable thing about this *incredibly* stupid story is that LBCC wasn't the peak of blockchain's bubble - rather, it was the *start* of blockchain's final pump-and-dump. By the standards of 2022's blockchain grifters, LBCC was small potatoes, a mere $138m sugar-water grift.
They didn't have any #NFTs, no #WashTrades, no #ICO. They didn't have #SuperbowlAds. They didn't steal billions from mom-and-pop investors while proclaiming themselves to be #EffectiveAltruists.
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CW: Long thread/4
The most remarkable thing about this *incredibly* stupid story is that LBCC wasn't the peak of blockchain's bubble - rather, it was the *start* of blockchain's final pump-and-dump. By the standards of 2022's blockchain grifters, LBCC was small potatoes, a mere $138m sugar-water grift.
They didn't have any #NFTs, no #WashTrades, no #ICO. They didn't have #SuperbowlAds. They didn't steal billions from mom-and-pop investors while proclaiming themselves to be #EffectiveAltruists.
4/
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CW: Long thread/4
The most remarkable thing about this *incredibly* stupid story is that LBCC wasn't the peak of blockchain's bubble - rather, it was the *start* of blockchain's final pump-and-dump. By the standards of 2022's blockchain grifters, LBCC was small potatoes, a mere $138m sugar-water grift.
They didn't have any #NFTs, no #WashTrades, no #ICO. They didn't have #SuperbowlAds. They didn't steal billions from mom-and-pop investors while proclaiming themselves to be #EffectiveAltruists.
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CW: Long thread/4
The most remarkable thing about this *incredibly* stupid story is that LBCC wasn't the peak of blockchain's bubble - rather, it was the *start* of blockchain's final pump-and-dump. By the standards of 2022's blockchain grifters, LBCC was small potatoes, a mere $138m sugar-water grift.
They didn't have any #NFTs, no #WashTrades, no #ICO. They didn't have #SuperbowlAds. They didn't steal billions from mom-and-pop investors while proclaiming themselves to be #EffectiveAltruists.
4/
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CW: Long thread/4
The most remarkable thing about this *incredibly* stupid story is that LBCC wasn't the peak of blockchain's bubble - rather, it was the *start* of blockchain's final pump-and-dump. By the standards of 2022's blockchain grifters, LBCC was small potatoes, a mere $138m sugar-water grift.
They didn't have any #NFTs, no #WashTrades, no #ICO. They didn't have #SuperbowlAds. They didn't steal billions from mom-and-pop investors while proclaiming themselves to be #EffectiveAltruists.
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