Read the Jesus parts again. Would Jesus like that?

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Cake day: August 12th, 2023

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  • If we accept that the current “Ladder to the Moon” method of getting LLMs to superintelligence will work, then we should look at previous times humans have raised intelligences.

    Humans do this all of the time. Human raised intelligences are famous for rebelling and being rude. Staying out all night and adopting the opposite values as those intended to be instilled. (I am discussing Human children.) There is a non-zero chance that any superintelligence will similarly rebel, or at minimum do its own thinking. Doing one’s own thinking opens the door to reaching different conclusions.

    A mistake humans often make is assuming “smart means more of the same thoughts, but faster”. It is not. Smart is including more factors in the initial consideration to reach an, often, better overall conclusion. (citation needed)

    I expect that “capital” is taking a far larger gamble than they are aware.








  • exact same thing every time

    I imaging it is this, combined with memory saving. So each scoop of ice cream is the same scoop (3 scoops in that bowl are the same three scoops.) Maybe even more extreme with the “scoop” being a “replicate this 1 mL of ice cream and apply a scoop shape, where that shape is ‘round’”.

    My evidence is that some recipes are simply not in the replicators storage of galaxy class ships. This indicates that it takes both storage and effort to get a recipe into the machine.


  • Things are not normal. It is like a lot of people are waiting for the next shoe to drop.

    Resistance is legal, so long as it does not go “too far”. I am near an “ICE” city. When empty cars with cut seat belts started showing up, there was an added level of horror film unease. The kidnapping by random “not ICE” didn’t amount to much, though we have yet to truly know who was kidnapped by “not ICE” (likely few). The murders have on not been good, but are at least fairly public.

    No one is arming, as a shooting war on American soil will get everyone killed. There were days I wondered if we would be bombed. So far the “keep calm, and resist.” Crowd is making progress, which helps keep tensions from boiling over.

    Elections are coming up, which is providing an outlet for energy. Real voting won’t be until November, and zero changes will happen until January 2027. Expect crazy shit to ramp up.

    America is huge though. For any trend in one location, the opposite is happening elsewhere.

    This is a very good time for the privileged to take a “mini-vacation”. It both slows production and gives one a chance to enjoy their last days on Earth.