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LW: CRISPR Will Make Me A Genius - "I don’t have a formal background in biology. And though I learn fairly quickly and have great resources like SciHub and GPT4," by mutual_ayyde in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[-] mutual_ayyde@mastodon.social 2 points 11 months ago

@elmtonic @dgerard "there is no difference between simulating an optimization process and actually carrying it out in the real world" is some top-tier rat shit, completely amazing

The rise of the new tech right by mutual_ayyde in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[-] mutual_ayyde@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago

@blakestacey @saucerwizard if you put the URL after web.archive.org/web/ it works
https://web.archive.org/web/20230915173228/https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/09/rise-new-tech-right-iq-cognitive-elite

a scrawny nerd in a basement writes by mutual_ayyde in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[-] mutual_ayyde@mastodon.social 4 points 1 year ago

@dgerard you can sign up and fight in ukraine right now lol

this year's "hmm, actually this is bad" post: Eliezer Yudkowsky Is Frequently, Confidently, Egregiously Wrong by mutual_ayyde in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[-] mutual_ayyde@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@dgerard reading the bit on decision theory and I'm reminded of that one anecdote about the decision theorist who asked their friend if they should propose to their wife.