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I appreciate this post for the "How to reduce suffering of the non-human animals you eat" section - as someone who empathizes with the vegan cause but just can't stop eating animal products (due to both weak will and health concerns) it's highly appreciated.
I agree - AI-generated superstimuli are much more of a concern than groups that might try to isolate themselves from it. IMO such groups are not just less of a concern, but good and even necessary, even if their values may seem backwards to us. They serve as the "control group" for the rest of society in times of such unpredictable cultural change.
It's very possible that the rest of society could be severely damaged or even wiped out by a highly-contagious AI-generated meme, and only these isolated groups would be able to survive. They're a bit like the maths described in Neal Stephenson's novel Anathem.
This year's Spring ACX Meetup everywhere in West Palm Beach.
Location: Common Grounds Brew & Roastery 3065 S Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, FL 33405 We will be seated inside at a table with an ACX MEETUP sign on it. Parking is free at an adjacent lot. β https://plus.codes/76RXMWPW+53W
Group Link: https://discord.gg/svZeYP83MQ
We host meetups throughout the south Florida area. Come join our Discord, we're always welcoming!
Contact: chuckwilson477@yahoo.com
Thanks for this. I was confused when I first read it, but I had been skimming and thought it meant "keep 60%" (or in other words, lose 40%).
Fair point. I basically agree with that - AGI would give us broader capabilities than narrow AI, but certainly would also carry greater risk.
Not the person you're responding to, but my guess is that without general AI, we wouldn't know the right questions to ask or which specialized AIs to create.
This year's Spring ACX Meetup everywhere in West Palm Beach.
Location: Grandview Public Market. 1401 Clare Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. We'll be at the northeast outside area, sitting at a table with an ACX MEETUP sign on it. Parking is free at an adjacent lot, and there may also be a free valet service. β https://plus.codes/76RXMWXP+GH
Group Link: https://discord.gg/svZeYP83MQ
Hosted by the south Florida ACX group that also does meetups in Palm Beach and Broward communities such as Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray and many others. Come join our Discord, we're always welcoming!
Contact: chuckwilson477@yahoo.com
I also found that take very unusual, especially when combined with this:
Maybe it will happen in a major AGI lab, maybe in some new startup. By default, everyone will die in <1 year after that.
The last sentence seems extremely overconfident, especially combined with the otherwise bearish conclusions in this post. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it.
I love these quotes too, but while reading them a funny thought struck me. Fantasy terms like "elves" and "orcs" seem normal to us now, but Tolkien basically invented their modern usage. At the time he was writing to his son they would have been very new and only used that way by Tolkien himself.
Substituting Tolkien's terms with equivalents from Starcraft makes one of these passages sound ridiculous:
... (read more)An ultimately evil job. For we are attempting to conquer Kerrigan with the Hivemind. And we shall (it seems) succeed. But the penalty is, as you will know, to breed new Kerrigans, and slowly turn Terrans and Protoss into Zerg. Not that in real life
Thank you for putting this together.
Something I find interesting is that even many of the highest-profile skeptics of AI progress are surprisingly bullish (from an objective perspective).
For example, Yann LeCun has said we might get to AGI within a decade or two, and even Gary Marcus has gone on record saying "I do think we will eventually reach AGI (artificial general intelligence), and quite possibly before the end of this century."
"Before the end of this century" might seem pessimistic, but you'd think a true pessimist would say it will take centuries or millennia or even never happen at all. Almost no one seems to be saying that.
For reference, NVDA was hovering around $14.61 per share at the time this post was made.
It peaked at November 8th of this year at $147.63 per share, just slightly over a 10x increase.
This year's Fall ACX Meetup everywhere in West Palm Beach.
Location: Grandview Public Market. 1401 Clare Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. We'll be at the northeast outside area, sitting at a table with an ACX MEETUP sign on it. Parking is free at an adjacent lot, and there should also be a free valet service. β https://plus.codes/76RXMWXP+GH
Group Link: https://discord.gg/tDf8fYPRRP
Hosted by the south Florida ACX group that also does meetups in Palm Beach and Broward communities such as Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach and many others. Come join our Discord, we're always welcoming!
Contact: chuckwilson477@yahoo.com
This year's Spring ACX Meetup everywhere in West Palm Beach.
Location: Grandview Public Market. 1401 Clare Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. We'll be at the northeast outside area, sitting at a table with an ACX MEETUP sign on it. Parking is free at an adjacent lot, and there may also be a free valet service. β https://plus.codes/76RXMWXP+GH
Group Link: https://discord.gg/tDf8fYPRRP
Hosted by the south Florida ACX group that also does meetups in Palm Beach and Broward communities such as Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray and many others. Come join our Discord, we're always welcoming!
Contact: chuckwilson477@yahoo.com
Come chill with the Miami ACX crew for our first meetup of 2024!
π Meetup location: Whole Foods Market inside seating area 501 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA https://goo.gl/maps/DunFLaEAFL4kRtTFA
π Parking: There should be no cost to park in the Whole Foods Parking Garage. Once inside, go down the escalator and walk through the grocery store towards the checkout lanes. We will be in the seating area right past the self-checkout stations on the south end of the building. Look for a table with an ACX MEETUP sign. If you have any trouble with directions, please join the Discord server to ask for help.
This event is hosted by Miami ACX. Come join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/tDf8fYPRRP
Are you interested in visiting the Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach? So are other fans of AstralCodexTen and LessWrong! Come join us this weekend to connect and discuss the event and rationality-adjacent topics.
Since this is a three-day event, please RSVP by letting us know which day you will be attending on our Discord server or in a comment below. (Discord is the best way to connect with us) https://discord.gg/tDf8fYPRRP
Hope to see you there!
Information about Art Basel: https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach
This year's ACX Meetup everywhere in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Location: Grandview Public Market. 1401 Clare Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. We'll be at the northeast outside seating area, sitting at a table with an ACX MEETUP sign on it. Parking is free at an adjacent lot and there is also a free valet service. β https://plus.codes/76RXMWXP+GH
The meetup will go on for several hours so don't worry if you have to arrive later than 1pm. Also, if you need to show up earlier, reach out since we can be flexible about the time. We regularly host local events and also have members in Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, and Delray Beach. If you can't make it to this event, connect with us to stay tuned for future opportunities!
Contact: chuckwilson477@yahoo.com
This year's ACX Meetup everywhere in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
Location: 501 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. Whole Foods Market inside seating area. There should be no cost to park in the Whole Foods Parking Garage. Once inside, go down the escalator and walk through the grocery store towards the checkout lanes. We will be in the seating area right past the self-checkout stations on the south end of the building. Look for a table with an ACX MEETUP sign. β https://plus.codes/76RX4V26+5W
Hosted by the local ACX group that does meetups throughout south Florida, including Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. Come join our Discord! https://discord.gg/tDf8fYPRRP
Contact: chuckwilson477@yahoo.com
Come join Miami ACX for the spring Meetups Everywhere event!
This meetup will be outdoors (there is also an indoor area that we can move to if the weather is unpleasant). Look for a table with an ACX MEETUP sign on the west side of the dome. If you have any trouble finding us, please join the Discord server to ask for help!
Time: Sunday, May 21, 5:00 PM
Location: Buckminster Fuller's Fly's Eye Dome, 140 NE 39th St #001, Miami, FL 33137
Park in the Palm Court Garage. The cost is about $1 per hour. The spiral staircase inside the garage will take you directly into the Fly's Eye Dome.
Palm Court Garage
155 NE 38th St
Miami, FL 33137
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Recent developments in AI such as Midjourney, chatGPT, and now GPT-4 have revolutionized the ways people think about creative work. Join us for a friendly meetup and lively discussion about the potential and pitfalls of these new technologies!
The meetup officially begins at 5pm, but feel free to arrive later. As always, we will have casual discussion before the activity and afterwards.
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πMeetup location:
Whole Foods Market inside seating area
501 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
https://goo.gl/maps/DunFLaEAFL4kRtTFA
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π Parking:
There should be no cost to park in the Whole Foods Parking Garage. Once inside, go down the escalator and walk through the grocery store towards the checkout lanes. We will be in the seating area right past the self-checkout stations on the south end of the building. Look for a table with an ACX MEETUP sign. If you have any trouble with directions, please join the Discord server to ask for help.
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This event is hosted by Miami ACX.
Come join our Discord server! https://discord.gg/tDf8fYPRRP
I don't have a lot to say in response. I think you make several good points, especially about fertility. I'm not so sure about the following though:
Maybe I'm way too pessimistic, but for many people, it may be very difficult (or even impossible) to otherwise satisfy this desire.
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