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The self-defeating steps taken straight out of Atlas Shrugged toward ‘alignment’ can’t possibly lead to AGI. Silver lining: they can’t lead to the torture of AGI either. At least not from these guys. twitter.com/openai/status/…

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RT @MinistryofTru16:
How can anyone expect people who never harmed anyone to pay reparations to people that were never harmed?

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@_Islamicat

is clear evidences of white-on-colored violence

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RT @BankableInsight:
Capitalism is a competitive sport; getting help from the referees is cheating. - Will Spencer

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RT @SunTzuCyber:
"Defeat wrought by known vulnerabilities is doubly painful in the media" - The Art of Cyber War

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@paulg

Does working hard preclude having fun? I never perceived learning to program as hard work.

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RT @FermiLevels:
This is what happens when politicians and health bureaucrats get blind drunk on power, and the media plays along, and the…

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RT @AlexEpstein:
Any study about fossil fuels' side-effects should prominently mention their life-extending benefits. But many studies, fun…

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RT @monitoringbias:
@AP

The AP will be publishing a five-part series on higher rates of disease among black people in America.

What will t…

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RT @Aristos_Revenge:
All DEI is, is the soft bigotry of low expectations by yankees that treat nonwhites like endangered animals they are t…

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@JKasek @tilsteff

Hinter „Argument“ und „Wirkung“ kommt kein Komma.

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@paulg

But it’s not smarter than you.

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RT @heikebru:
Ain’t that the truth.

Education in most schools is maximum indoctrination & maximum distraction by propagandists (some call…

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Can children choose the best education pathway for themselves? twitter.com/gregabbott_tx/…

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RT @mtaibbi:
Fantasies about taking away health insurance, or letting “wheezy” die untreated in an ER, aren’t sadistic? Doctors treat heroi…

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@t_woelfer

“damit es allen Menschen gehört” goldig

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RT @t_woelfer:
Wer nach Corona tatsächlich immer noch glaubt, der Staat wäre
gut darin, auch nur die einfachsten Probleme zu lösen, geschwe…

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@ClimateWarrior7

Because of the patriarchy, obviously.

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RT @AlexEpstein:
The proper way to measure energy subsidies is: How much taxpayer money does the government pay per unit of energy? Every p…

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RT @RealSpikeCohen:
Never forget that the political class flew around the planet in private jets, at your expense, while they told you to d…

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I suspect that, once the enlightenment extends to children, people will realize the irony of the tweet below: that, while forcing anyone to wear a mask is wrong, forcing them to attend reeducation camps for years on end is an immeasurably worse crime. twitter.com/cwt_news/statu…

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@JesseNichols @TimSweeneyEpic @sama

Sam should read Atlas Shrugged. Or maybe he has and identifies with the villains. Sad.

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@splitkostanjeu1

There’s new related material I find promising such as blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/what-mak…

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LLMs are just not a step on the way to AGI. Something else is needed. Popper is needed. twitter.com/sashayanshin/s…

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@michaelmalice

She has “esq” in her name so you can trust her

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RT @michaelmalice:
Literal vampire preying on the poor in service to the state

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RT @YasMohammedxx:
PS: The young woman who was viciously abused, isolated from family and friends, forced to wear hijab then niqab, beaten…

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RT @YasMohammedxx:
A friend in my hometown was speaking to an officer about a domestic violence case and this is what he had to say. She th…

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So When Can a Woman ‘Date Up’? blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/so-when-…

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RT @NickTaber:
Alot of the "bad behavior" you see in kids/teens, I would characterize as reactive abuse. The kid might be experiencing emo…

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Olaf Klonus ist ein schlechter Versicherungsmakler: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/olaf-klo…

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RT @LPMisesCaucus:
You should be allowed to do heroin, but no one else should be forced to bear the consequences of that decision on your b…

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RT @PessimistsArc:
Such an interesting 1954 article on ‘computer hype’ comparing it to ‘electricity hype’ of 1890s.

Notes that every age o…

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An update on @Square’s shady business practices: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/don-t-us…

TL;DR: I give up, no accountability from Square.

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RT @townhallcom:
KENNEDY: "If electric cars are so swell, how come government has to pay people to drive 'em?" pic.twitter.com/UICqGszRm9

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RT @LPMisesCaucus:
The Federal Reserve has printed over $30 trillion at the behest of the US government and the elites that control it. The…

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RT @SHomburg:
Möchten Sie lieber lachen oder weinen? Lauterbachs Ministerium weiß nicht, ob Masken wirksam waren!

Sie eigneten sich als In…

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