Why are our enemies so pathetic and stupid when we're so handsome and smart? (forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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includes considerable nonspecific shit-talking of assigned EA enemies, including - horrors! - Timnit Gebru talking about the social issues of the actually-existing AI-industrial complex. also it's not a CASTLE it's a MANOR HOUSE, you fools, you rubes,

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[-] dgerard@awful.systems 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

also its COMPLETELY WRONG to say that they blew millions in charitable donations on buying a castle. they blew millions in charitable donations on buying two castles

[-] swlabr@awful.systems 14 points 7 months ago

For the sake of a yudzillion dust specks, what’s another castle?

[-] Collectivist@awful.systems 10 points 7 months ago

It was a chateau in the Czech Republic

It wasn't CEA/EV like with the other 'castle', but it was an organization that had its own tag on the EA forum, so at the very least EA-aligned.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

it was a different EA org

a mere tumbledown cottage in a sleepy czech village!

(literally the news story calls it a "castle" in czech)

but let me correct myself: it's COMPLETELY WRONG to say that they blew millions in charitable donations of money stolen from FTX customers on buying a castle. they blew millions in charitable donations of money stolen from FTX customers on two castles

[-] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 7 months ago

LOL

I also couldn't find this chateau on any website

Well this was probably before the story in irozhlas.cz. It looks like a nice place

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