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Still struggling to find an AI doomer scenario that doesn't fit into the categories of (a) what a motivated group of human beings couldn't just do on their own, or (b) something that couldn't be easily noticed and shut down *long* before it got anywhere close to "destroy humanity."

Sometimes the current carries you down the river. Other days you wind up in a big placid lake and you think "OK what now"?

OK with both Nostria and Coracle having significant maintenance issues, there go my daily driver web/desktop clients... Any recommendations for alternatives? *Must have* List support -- so no Jumble or its many forks, no Iris, Ditto, etc. Anything out there?

Why we don't have microbes that (say) chew up plastic, or any number of other useful things (hint: it's dumb laws):

The 1970s law holding back modern biotechnology

We’ve invented microbes that can eat plastic, detect landmines, and extract rare metals. They’ve been swallowed by a black hole.

hey @SondreB and @hodlbod both @Nostria and Coracle seem to be failing SSL... with Nostria I've been frequently getting a cloudflare "SSL handshake failed" or "web app failed", and on Coracle my browser (Brave) shows a red X "Not secure" (even though it says "certificate is valid" so not sure what's going on there.

"AI accelerates cybersecurity risks" <-- entirely reasonable take "AI could actually wipe out humanity" <-- delusion of the Silicon Valley Doomsday cult, that are increasingly being taken at face value by the mainstream

Because of some life changes I've (temporarily) gone from living in a dense urban envrionment to a very suburban place. It's placid, and tranquil, and yadda yadda... But the thing that gets me that I realize is weird about it, is just how far from commercial spaces you are. I lived most of my life in places where I could walk no more than ~10 minutes to a place where I could buy basic essentials, maybe not a complete grocery trip but at least milk, toiletries, etc. Here the nearest grocery store is a 1/2 hour walk, a 10-minute bike ride, or "fuck you" by public transit. And I'm sorry, but that's *strange*. For 1000's of years people lived in places where they could walk to the market, or at least *some* form of commercial activity. Apparently this is the *desired* outcome, the "good life", for millions (perhaps billions) of people, which is baffling to me.

Just read a big, dumb NYT Sunday op-ed section full of big, dumb "warnings" about how AI's going to "kill us all." Their editorial solution (in unsigned editorial)? Of course it's not even a *law*, which would require them to actually define what software programs people can run, but rather some giant new regulatory superstructure. 😑

Saving this here because for some reason this was impossible to search for... anyway, best "anti-doomer" take I've read. https://maximumeffort.substack.com/p/destroying-the-world-is-a-difficult

ASML's massive Moat against its competitors is a direct result of the decades of (highly unprofitable) R&D investments made over the decades, through a variety of private and public institutions. The lack of institutions that are capable of doing this today (outside of certain narrowly defined verticals like pharmaceuticals) is "why we don't have flying cars", to quote the vernacular.

Tom

Analyst firm says ASML unlikely to back particle accelerator chipmaking tech &mdash; 1,000W laser-produced plasma systems for chipmaking tools are showing good progress

While SpaceX and Tesla may lose rights to use Terafab brand.

I think there's a really good chance of the following scenario: 1. Massive AI bubble pop in Q4 2. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic just start openly selling your chats to advertisers / the highest bidder 3. The world goes "surprised Pikachu face"

Intense, chronic Fear is a form of manifestation... Fear a thing long enough, hard enough, and you all but guarantee it will show up in your life.