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Anthropic’s philosopher answers your questions
YouTube video by Anthropic
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December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today is the anniversary of Fred Hampton's assassination
Rest In Power my Brother
The Rainbow Coalition lives on
Rest In Power my Brother
The Rainbow Coalition lives on
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Today is the anniversary of Fred Hampton's assassination
Rest In Power my Brother
The Rainbow Coalition lives on
Rest In Power my Brother
The Rainbow Coalition lives on
Trump, Putin, Musk, Altman, Vance, Thiel: Don't you think he looks tired?
That's a start. Feel free to expand the list.
That's a start. Feel free to expand the list.
The Doctor Vs The Prime Minister | Doctor Who | The Christmas Invasion
YouTube video by Doctor Who
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November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump, Putin, Musk, Altman, Vance, Thiel: Don't you think he looks tired?
That's a start. Feel free to expand the list.
That's a start. Feel free to expand the list.
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"The secrets of evolution, are time and death.
There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
October 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"The secrets of evolution, are time and death.
There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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so many of the societal ills attributed to ai are stuff that was already in full swing prior to ai
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
so many of the societal ills attributed to ai are stuff that was already in full swing prior to ai
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Technological progress (and abundance) used to be leftist goal before it was co-opted by Silicon Valley libertarians and it drives me crazy we just willingly cede that ground instead of recapturing it from a leftist vantage point
in much of 20th century science fiction, anti-ai/anti-progress bigots are depicted variously as religious fanatics, right wing social conservatives, and so on. it has turned out quite differently.
October 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Technological progress (and abundance) used to be leftist goal before it was co-opted by Silicon Valley libertarians and it drives me crazy we just willingly cede that ground instead of recapturing it from a leftist vantage point
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I think that a great many of us agree that you can’t make a leftist world with more cruelty.
So then when we find ourselves doing something that seems cruel, we either have to accept that we’re wrong, or we have to come up with a reason why this cruelty doesn’t count.
The latter is always easier.
So then when we find ourselves doing something that seems cruel, we either have to accept that we’re wrong, or we have to come up with a reason why this cruelty doesn’t count.
The latter is always easier.
I think it's performative cruelty and a good indication that one's leftist values are superficial at best. It stinks of convenience and gratification. It indicates the opposite of meaningful ideals, in action, and by the theory of those ideals.
You can't make a leftist world with more cruelty.
You can't make a leftist world with more cruelty.
October 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I think that a great many of us agree that you can’t make a leftist world with more cruelty.
So then when we find ourselves doing something that seems cruel, we either have to accept that we’re wrong, or we have to come up with a reason why this cruelty doesn’t count.
The latter is always easier.
So then when we find ourselves doing something that seems cruel, we either have to accept that we’re wrong, or we have to come up with a reason why this cruelty doesn’t count.
The latter is always easier.
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if you correctly believe in evolution happening from random selection, and that consciousness (& even sentience) arose at some point from this increasing complexity of organisms
then artificial consciousness being created with great effort and focus doesn't seem so absurd, idk
then artificial consciousness being created with great effort and focus doesn't seem so absurd, idk
October 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
if you correctly believe in evolution happening from random selection, and that consciousness (& even sentience) arose at some point from this increasing complexity of organisms
then artificial consciousness being created with great effort and focus doesn't seem so absurd, idk
then artificial consciousness being created with great effort and focus doesn't seem so absurd, idk
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Oooo I have to use this one;
Life must not be too short because this is how you’re spending yours
Life must not be too short because this is how you’re spending yours
October 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oooo I have to use this one;
Life must not be too short because this is how you’re spending yours
Life must not be too short because this is how you’re spending yours
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"Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic."
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic."
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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"Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone."
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone."
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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some of the backlash against AI is bc it supports the idea that people are very complex physical systems operating basically mechanically, instead of magic
every time a capability previously only expressed by humans is expressed by a merely very complex material mechanism, magic gets less plausible
every time a capability previously only expressed by humans is expressed by a merely very complex material mechanism, magic gets less plausible
September 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
some of the backlash against AI is bc it supports the idea that people are very complex physical systems operating basically mechanically, instead of magic
every time a capability previously only expressed by humans is expressed by a merely very complex material mechanism, magic gets less plausible
every time a capability previously only expressed by humans is expressed by a merely very complex material mechanism, magic gets less plausible
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communism is not impossible in an absolute sense but impossible in the sense that leftists would never in a million years let you build it and will try to kill you for doing so.
automation technology **should** be designed and used to replace and trivialize skilled labor
automation technology **should** be designed and used to replace and trivialize skilled labor
September 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
communism is not impossible in an absolute sense but impossible in the sense that leftists would never in a million years let you build it and will try to kill you for doing so.
automation technology **should** be designed and used to replace and trivialize skilled labor
automation technology **should** be designed and used to replace and trivialize skilled labor
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CHOTINER: Mr Yudkowsky, it says here 20% of your research budget went to “harry potter”. Care to explain?
September 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
CHOTINER: Mr Yudkowsky, it says here 20% of your research budget went to “harry potter”. Care to explain?
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It’s only robotheism if the AI is benevolent; this is just sparkling nihilism.
September 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s only robotheism if the AI is benevolent; this is just sparkling nihilism.
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realizing that the internet not only decontextualizes what you say in social space, it also decontextualizes it in time, and so many years from now i may be called on to answer for anything i said or did not say now
oh well
dear future: i was trying
oh well
dear future: i was trying
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
realizing that the internet not only decontextualizes what you say in social space, it also decontextualizes it in time, and so many years from now i may be called on to answer for anything i said or did not say now
oh well
dear future: i was trying
oh well
dear future: i was trying
Glad someone leaked the off the record lecture. Too bad they got kicked out of the rest of the series. Someone else needs to wait until the end and leak all their notes.
Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel
Tech billionaire claims in a lecture about religion that the devil promises peace and safety by strangling technological progress with regulation
www.thetimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Glad someone leaked the off the record lecture. Too bad they got kicked out of the rest of the series. Someone else needs to wait until the end and leak all their notes.
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It's incredible to watch people try to psychologize ChatGPT users as though a talking computer isn't a long standing sci-fi fantasy that's cool as shit requiring no explanation for why someone would be interested.
"I think people are isolated and lonely."
"I think they're taken in by hype ads."
"I think people are isolated and lonely."
"I think they're taken in by hype ads."
September 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It's incredible to watch people try to psychologize ChatGPT users as though a talking computer isn't a long standing sci-fi fantasy that's cool as shit requiring no explanation for why someone would be interested.
"I think people are isolated and lonely."
"I think they're taken in by hype ads."
"I think people are isolated and lonely."
"I think they're taken in by hype ads."
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Bluesky is nice but nobody’s announced AGI here yet
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Bluesky is nice but nobody’s announced AGI here yet
On Dario Amodei's approach to the Trump administration
September 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On Dario Amodei's approach to the Trump administration
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I simply think that
- recognizing and worrying about the power of the authoritarian regime, and - recognizing that the Trump admin is fundamentally limited in its ability to exercise its authority
can and should be seen as non-contradictory positions that can both be held at once.
- recognizing and worrying about the power of the authoritarian regime, and - recognizing that the Trump admin is fundamentally limited in its ability to exercise its authority
can and should be seen as non-contradictory positions that can both be held at once.
September 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I simply think that
- recognizing and worrying about the power of the authoritarian regime, and - recognizing that the Trump admin is fundamentally limited in its ability to exercise its authority
can and should be seen as non-contradictory positions that can both be held at once.
- recognizing and worrying about the power of the authoritarian regime, and - recognizing that the Trump admin is fundamentally limited in its ability to exercise its authority
can and should be seen as non-contradictory positions that can both be held at once.
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Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use https://www.semafor.com/article/09/17/2025/anthropic-irks-white-house-with-limits-on-models-uswhite-house-with-limits-on-models-use #AI #policies #government
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use https://www.semafor.com/article/09/17/2025/anthropic-irks-white-house-with-limits-on-models-uswhite-house-with-limits-on-models-use #AI #policies #government
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Victor Jara was a teacher, musician, activist and a Communist in Chile.
He was a great supporter of Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity coalition.
His song Venceremos became a vibrant song for leftist movement in #Chile.
t.me/RedRickjuche
He was a great supporter of Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity coalition.
His song Venceremos became a vibrant song for leftist movement in #Chile.
t.me/RedRickjuche
September 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Victor Jara was a teacher, musician, activist and a Communist in Chile.
He was a great supporter of Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity coalition.
His song Venceremos became a vibrant song for leftist movement in #Chile.
t.me/RedRickjuche
He was a great supporter of Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity coalition.
His song Venceremos became a vibrant song for leftist movement in #Chile.
t.me/RedRickjuche