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AI Safety Conspiracy Theories(chaseadam.com)
2 points by chaseadam17 2d ago|0 comments
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by chaseadam17 23d ago
Yeah, I agree. I meant spirituality in the wholesome sense, not the spiritual bypass or Christian bc the party that supports my company is Christian sense.
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by chaseadam17 24d ago
On one hand, VCs that fund thousands of early-stage startups are inevitably going to fund some bad stuff, even if they try hard to avoid it. On the other, the older I get the more I worry about the decline of spirituality in the West. Espec
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by chaseadam17 29d ago
I’m a dad who has struggled with this too. I’ve also had the privilege of getting to know a relatively large number of highly successful people. One thing I’ve noticed is that, yes, to make it into the history books you likely have to pursu
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by chaseadam17 1mo ago
The barrier to change is not just regulation. Regulation is downstream of public opinion. Compare China and the US. In China, public sentiment around AI seems to be a hunger to use it for fear of being left behind. Whereas in America, it&#x
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by chaseadam17 3mo ago
we're at the stage of the cycle where we know things are wrong but we don't care enough to do anything about them. unfortunately, it might not be until we live through the consequences that we can muster the energy to care enough
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by chaseadam17 3mo ago
No one could ever predict anything and we're all going to die.
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by chaseadam17 3mo ago
This article would be more convincing if it focused on debunking the conspiracy instead of spending all but one hand wavy paragraph presenting a new conspiracy. The single debunking claim says there are 700k "US top secret-cleared aero
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by chaseadam17 3mo ago
Surprised how negative most of the comments are. A lot of nonprofits could benefit from someone helping them implement AI and most are 1) competent enough to ensure the fellow hands off their projects before they leave, and 2) to decide if
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by chaseadam17 3mo ago
Haha yeah, we're in "who knows" territory. It could just be a foundational truth that all life has an innate unconscious will to survive. However, it makes more sense to me that consciousness precedes the will to survive. And
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by chaseadam17 3mo ago
How would you determine “an optimal course of action” without consciousness? Eg we optimize for survival but without the ability to experience things, why survive? Why would that instinct or any other preference for a course of action emerg
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by chaseadam17 3mo ago
I'd argue we don't even know what "intelligence" or "self-awareness" mean. Humans are conscious which means we experience things, then we develop preferences for certain experiences, then we develop skills for
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AI top-down, Evolution bottom-up(chaseadam.com)
2 points by chaseadam17 4mo ago|0 comments
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by chaseadam17 4mo ago
My guess is that you need consciousness in order to develop preferences for certain experiences, then that pushes us to develop skills to achieve those preferences. AI has something that looks like intelligence but not consciousness or agen
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by chaseadam17 4mo ago
Which they are unlikely to do because the California AG signed off on the original IP transfer agreement…
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by chaseadam17 5mo ago
Best strategy is to subscribe to one streaming service, watch everything good over a few months, then cancel and switch to another.
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by chaseadam17 6mo ago
Great point. I was originally in favor of the fax barrage because I've also been frustrated navigating bureaucracy but you made me reconsider. These types of problems usually persist because it's hard to know who is responsible. I
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by chaseadam17 6mo ago
For larger operations wouldn’t it be most effective to mix laundered money with legitimate earnings? If so that would make OF the top choice.
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by chaseadam17 6mo ago
Somewhat unrelated but I won’t be surprised if we eventually find out a lot of OnlyFans revenue is money laundering.
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by chaseadam17 6mo ago
It sucks to feel lonely. You could try a meditation retreat. I found it helpful to sit with loneliness before trying to solve it.
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
Someone once told me that boredom is often repressed anger. Got me thinking.
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
Thanks, Greg! We really appreciated all your help. Been too long.
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
I’m a fan of DAFs and agree they are underutilized. Getting ppl to donate stock might be hard but I’ll chat with Mackinnon, Watsi’s ED, about it and let you know if we have any questions. Appreciate the offer to help share research!
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
That’s a very long time - thank you both!
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
The old Teespring office, those were the days!
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
Love the idea and have long wanted something like this to exist. One other twist is you could let ppl vote on where to donate the profits.
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
Thank you so much!
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
That's incredible. Monthly donors are Watsi's lifeblood - it is so impactful to be able to bet on receiving a certain amount each month - thank you!
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by chaseadam17 7mo ago
Thank you :) Watsi is lucky to have an incredible team and medical partners, who work in some of the most challenging environments to provide care to patients.
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Thank HN: You helped save 33k lives
1148 points by chaseadam17 7mo ago|112 comments

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