includes considerable nonspecific shit-talking of assigned EA enemies, including - horrors! - Timnit Gebru talking about the social issues of the actually-existing AI-industrial complex. also it’s not a CASTLE it’s a MANOR HOUSE, you fools, you rubes,

  • @cornflake@awful.systems
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    1511 months ago

    In my skim of the two posts I didn’t get to any suggestion of “used to be favorable, then realized they’re led by duplicitous misanthropes” as a pathway.

    • @swlabr@awful.systems
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      1811 months ago

      What about: “read a particular HP fanfic to try and fit in with a new crowd, was utterly repulsed by the narrative voice, discovered later it was part of what seemed like an elaborate cult that was weirdly sensitive to sneers, and finally found an outlet for their nerd bloodlust”

      • @blakestacey@awful.systemsM
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        1511 months ago

        I wandered over somehow from RationalWiki, which I had known of since the science-blogging days of yore, and found it more congenial to my tastes than other subreddits. E.g., it was friendlier to excursions into the wonky and erudite than r/badphilosophy, and generally had a justifiably low tolerance for superficial politeness while maintaining a level of empathy for serious matters.

            • @self@awful.systemsM
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              1611 months ago

              fuck, I’m David’s fault too. do we take turns dating Grimes or is this the worst polycule ever formed

              • Charlie Stross
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                @dgerard We need to yank Dilbert Stark’s driving license and chauffeur and force him to travel everywhere on an e-bike or sailboat for a year or two before he’s allowed to have anything to do with Tesla again. (Or to use his private jet.)

                Actually, Dilbert getting e-bike religion might be the best thing he could possibly do for the climate …

      • @idiomaddict@feddit.de
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        1011 months ago

        Or even: liked the Harry Potter fanfic and then discovered it was part of an incredibly weird and harmful subculture.

        I bet they’d hate that they’re basically the same as tumblr