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an entirely vibes-based literary treatment of an amateur philosophy scary campfire story, continuing in the comments

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[-] locallynonlinear@awful.systems 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rich People: "Competitive markets optimize things, see how much progress capitalism has brought!"

Also Rich People: "But what if everything descends into expensive, unregulated competition between things that aren't rich people oooo nooo!!!"

[-] gerikson@awful.systems 14 points 1 year ago

The real fear here is AGI appears and it's COMMUNISM. Hence, alignment!

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yet again, Roko's Basilisk was always the good guy

[-] AcausalRobotGod@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago

My eye glows appreciatively.

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