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[–] aio@awful.systems 8 points 8 months ago (4 children)

decision theory is when there's a box with money but if you take the box it doesn't have money

[–] aio@awful.systems 15 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Hochman correctly deduces that R9PRESENTATIONALism originated in the 18th century, but fails to realize that the roots of this movement actually lie with the Bavarian Illuminati, a secret society which was supposedly suppressed by edict in 1784 but has in fact maintained a shadowy existence influencing politics up to the present day.

[–] aio@awful.systems 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I don't really understand what point Zitron is making about each query requiring a "completely fresh static prompt", nor about the relative ordering of the user and static prompts. Why would these things matter?

[–] aio@awful.systems 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] aio@awful.systems 7 points 9 months ago

their story is so incoherent, i can't even tell if there was a database to begin with

[–] aio@awful.systems 7 points 10 months ago

solve this sokoban or you're fired

[–] aio@awful.systems 6 points 10 months ago

the announcement post is obviously LLM-generated as well

[–] aio@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

And sure enough, just within the last day the user "Hand of Lixue" has rewritten large portions of the article to read more favorably to the rationalists.

[–] aio@awful.systems 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah for some reason they never covered that in the stats lectures

[–] aio@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago (7 children)

I thought part of the schtick is that according to the rationalist theory of mind, a simulated version of you suffering is exactly the same as the real you suffering. This relies on their various other philosophical claims about the nature of consciousness, but if you believe this then empathy doesn't have to be a concern.

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