“ Not all self-models are sentience. A thermo- stat has a feedback loop. A PID controller models its own error history. Neither is sentient. The question is what makes the difference, and the answer is representational capacity.”

Absolute cop out. My thermostat has a lil computer capable of executing code. If i give it enough memory and time, it is capable of running any program. If you are going to bite this bullet, like you actually have to address this shit, or say fine fuck it, your ti-89 and samsung fridge are sentient. Just because they arent currently running the right program is silly.

Also they argue mysticism about natural language creates sentience so i guess before humans sentient creatures didnt exist 🫠

Bruh

“(((We’re))) never beating the allegations, are we?” -my wife

Gentlemen, it’s been an honour sneering w/ you, but I think this is the top 🫡 . Nothings gonna surpass this (at least until FTX 2 drops)

hits blunt

What if we make an ai too based?

On one hand as a poor grad student in the past, I could imagine working for a truly repugnant corp. but like if you’ve already made millions from your stock options, wtf are you doing. Idk, i really thought they’d have some shame over it, but they said shit like “our customers really like our deliverables” and i just fucking left with my wife

I have family working there, who told me during the holidays, “Current leadership makes me uncomfortable, but money is good”

Every impression I had of them completely shattered, cannot fathom that level out sell out exists in people I thought I knew.

As a bonus, their former partner was a former employee who became a whistleblower and has now gone full howard hughes

Without doxxing, my job has a contract with nvidia and my boss said we are doing it to make agi. Can i build a little of a torment nexus as a treat? Ty ans bless

Shit like this ^ makes me feel insane when otherwise reputable experts start talking about llms taking over

In b4 METR drops the next shoddy study and the promptfondlers go wild

Man, it just feels embarrassing at this point. Like I couldn’t fathom writing this shit. It’s 2026, we have ai capable of getting imo gold, acing the putnam, winning coding competitions… but at this point it should be extremely obvious these systems are completely devoid of agency?? They just sit there kek it’s like being worried about stockfish going rogue

One more:

If trump gets back in office, Scott will be dead within the year.

Man I remember an ep of this from when i was little like a fever dream

Well to be fair, he think your estimate is too low :( (as do i)

Fuck bro that sucks

Another massive win for Dan H. Safety advisor to elon and xai

Ohoho, a beautiful lw begging post on this of all days?

Most insane part about this is after he assaulted the treasurer(?) of his foundation trying to siphon funds for an apparent terror act, the naive chuckle fucks still went and said “we dont think his violent tendencies are an indication he might do something violent”

Like idk maybe update on the fact he just sent one of his own to the hospital??

Banger