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Someone I was following on TikTok, whose takes on tech industry bullshit and specifically AI hype I respected, made a video that Roko's basilisk is a serious concern. My apologies to those who have been in this same situation when I was less sympathetic.

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[-] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 32 points 3 months ago

"So wait, you mean you're willing to condemn my mind clones to an eternity of suffering so you can get tiktok views?"

[-] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Bro believed the Nvidia hype and came out as a doomer lmao.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Are you saying that someone recording themselves and posting on TikTok was a...gasp... Moron? I cannot believe this. Just no.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 18 points 3 months ago
[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Yes how dare I be snarky in "Sneer Club", whatever that is.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 19 points 3 months ago

Be snarky with class, don’t be shitty

[-] self@awful.systems 18 points 3 months ago

nah we just don’t understand sneerclub. what we need is some random jackass whose post history is 2000 of the laziest posts I’ve ever fucking seen to come here and read the name of the community at us

and for those playing the awful.systems drinking game, that’s a shot

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago

the Sneerclub, Whatever That Is:

sip or quaff as desired, while rereading that illustrious comment and staring in wonder that it was actually posted

[-] YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

I’d advise that the SneerClub is actually a negroni with extra-proof (70-90% alcohol) rum replacing the Campari, which is instead drizzled from the bottom of a nearly empty bottle over the top. And it’s taken like a shot, beginning when you log on and continuing at your own pace until either you pass out or the internet does.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

that's the OG Sneerclub, this is the variant Whatever That Is - you find it in the kinds of holiday resorts that you learn about from in-flight magazines on cattle class LON-NYC runs

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

But what if I have no class?

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

cultivate some! shouldn't be too hard to learn, there's plenty of examples here in the snark pit

[-] self@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago

all of your posts are like this huh

[-] Shitgenstein1@awful.systems 11 points 3 months ago

I mean, I agree with the sentiment behind the sarcasm, but also feel the same way about the internet in general. Sometimes it's learning the same lesson in a new context. But Roko's basilisk though? Quite a cliff.

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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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