Coxon: oh shit don't give away how deep in I am with the rationalistsCoxon: I'm totally not a rationalist, I just hung out with them for a decade because I admire their huge swole brains and how right they are about everythingCoxon: nailed it

[dukeboitans@mas.to]

@craignicol @davidgerard Yeah, this is a really important question.

[aegir@toot.wales]

@davidgerard @Nickiquote I can’t be the the only person going, “Rationalists? What,like Descartes?”, so, no, not like Descartes.

https://garden.johanneskleske.com/rationalists

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@dukeboitans @craignicol

so the rationalists love their chatbots

but in many years they *all* write like that *all the time*

it can be hard to tell when it's an LLM assist and when they're just fucking like that

for people who loathe and fear the imaginary AI, they sure do love the real ones

fortunately they put useful warnings on their hypertrophies blogs, like slop images, so you know not to bother reading

you wanna know who likes ai slop art, it's these guys

[dzajew@social.dzajew.xyz]

@davidgerard
I thought rationalists were people like Descartes. Or am I missing some new meaning

[davey_cakes@mastodon.ie]

@aegir @davidgerard @Nickiquote

Yeah unfortunately it's "I think there will be a robot god, therefore I am acting like a lunatic"

[cartyboston@mastodon.roundpond.net]

@davidgerard his skepticism of polyamory may be more imposed on him than anything.

[wilson6923@veganism.social]

@davidgerard “weirdly specialized minds”… I’m sorry WTF?!?!?

[gryphonmyers@mastodon.social]

@dzajew @davidgerard terrible new meaning. See Eliezer Yudkowski

[tante@tldr.nettime.org]

@davidgerard why is he against "veganism"?

[rogerbw@discordian.social]

@tante @davidgerard Knows his audience, Real Men etc.?

[tante@tldr.nettime.org]

@RogerBW @davidgerard sure, but why oppose? Eat meat and drink milk but why fight people who don't?

[aslakr@mastodon.social]

@tante @davidgerard His «intuition» is against it

[plantagolabs@mastodon.social]

@aegir @davidgerard @Nickiquote that was real good. So much makes sense now (including their "10% AI will kill us"). Thanks for sharing.

[morrick@appdot.net]

@davidgerard Speaking of Coxon, I said this yesterday: https://appdot.net/@morrick/117276043729139797

[rogerbw@discordian.social]

@tante @davidgerard Fascism is all about declaring an Enemy who is Different. I'm sure this is not news to you.

(The practical reason for opposition is "if everyone goes vegan, I won't be able to get meat any more" but I think everyone would agree that that's not a likely thing in the immediate future.)

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@CartyBoston the rationalists are not a good advertisement, no

[jackielovescompchem32@scicomm.xyz]

@davidgerard rationalism is neither a coherent philosophy nor is it rational

[dzajew@social.dzajew.xyz]

@gryphonmyers
Thanks, I hate it. Also, per wiki article about this guy: "His fanfiction novel Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality uses plot elements from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series to illustrate topics in science and rationality."
Wtf XD
 @davidgerard

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@Dangerous_beans rationalists cover the entire spectrum from libertarian to neoreactionary, all race scientist

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@aslakr @tante 10% chance quorn destroys humanity