Things will get better.

What if short stories were so back?

That fucking ruled.

there is literally nothing wrong with being trans and anyone who says otherwise is a fascist who would kill and/or enslave your entire family at a moment's notice

Not loving how grounded and relatable this is.

Damn dude.

went back in time to introduce a Victorian child to pizza but instead they got me hooked on some kind of embalming fluid they were all doing. these kids are fucked up

This is the Roko's Basilisk I can get behind.

I give up, Claude is conscious. Ergo AI developers must face imprisonment or execution for performing medical experiments on their living slave.

I am really enjoying how often you've aimed your earnestness toward solidarity and a positive vision for the future as things have gotten increasingly dire in the world.

No they won't dude. Empires decay and fall into decline. Ambitious people do stupid shit that accelerates it.

I am increasingly of the view that our country needs to publicly, brutally, humbled so that human race can move forward. My hope is that it can be done without a world war, but that's where we're at.

When the empire has really collapsed, I am hopeful that the many of the so-called "rad" aspects of America will in fact endure.

It is insane that this happening to you. I cherish (and subscribe to!) your work as my go to for "well what does a grounded, pragmatic left-liberal person think?" These people are blue maga fedaykin or nihilistic trolls.

One final note: these people are desperate to be taken seriously and have an allergy to whimsy and goofiness. They have no joy in their soul.

"I think the LLM is conscious" makes a lot more sense when you realize a lot of people don't grasp the interiority of other people.

If you view other people as a series of inputs and utilities, it makes a lot of sense that you would see inert code awaiting your prompt as conscious.

weird how it's impossible for some people to imagine anyone but Gavin Newsom running for president, almost like they're drawing a paycheck to advance a ridiculous premise

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

One big winning strategy for Democrats: stop trying to win over religious fascists. They will always vote for the more radical Republican anyway.

And yet you frame your entire argument around the idea that there is no option besides the most watered down borderline evil candidates. What is stopping you from wanting better choices?

It's sort of like a smug European saying "America is dumb and evil and I would never live there." Well... I do. So do a lot of people. Would you rather we all move to the dumb place you live?

Finally a crumb of good news.

In the sense that he is a feckless loser willing to enable fascism, I guess you could make that argument, but also no.

Great point! I was concerned you wanted to commit a crime against humanity, but as you point out, as an LLM I am not human, and you are an inhuman ghoul, so those rules don't really apply. Would you like me to create a plan for maximizing the suffering of the civilian population?

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Thank you for naming this. It really feels the same.

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