the moar formulaic and automated we maek writing the more writing without any respekt for convention will exhibets actual proof of work

☕️ gm. let’s smash some turts today

How do AI doomers like Eliezer make the logical leap from machine intelligence to machines we can’t control? There is a gap there based on nothing. It’s just “and then we lose control” as if it’s inevitable.

When information was scarce, you trusted it implicitly and all of it was valuable. When it's infinite, how does one define trust and value? It seems as though value becomes less about possession of information and more about finding the right information at the right time. I think about this in regards to nostr relays. It's not the job of a relay to store so much as it is to route. Why would someone want to be the sole source of information unless their intention was to exert control?

Maybe our brains are just fried. We crave simplicity and nostalgia is a strong emotion. Maybe that's what the ghibli thing is really tapping into.

"This is what I fear most about AI.... An oversupply that satiates us at a cultural level, until we become divorced from the semantic meaning and see only the cheap bones of its structure. Once exposed, it’s a thing you have no relation to, really. Just pixels. Just syllables. In some order, yes. But who cares?”

Welcome to the semantic apocalypse

Studio Ghibli style and the draining of meaning

OpenAI image generator is not a gimmick, it’s a threat. Soon everyone will see why we need signatures to trust anything online. This took me 15 seconds to create. Of course it’s not perfect, but it will be soon. Put ”Odell Capitulates” as the headline and it doesn’t even matter. Shit is going to get weird.

Imagine the smartest developers you know, operating at the boundaries of their knowledge - for years, decades. Without access to new tools and sources of knowledge, they eventually plateau - maybe move into management. Pick up a hobby or two. Then one day, they are gifted with a new tool - to allow them to push themselves further, to ask the questions no single person has all the answers to. To seek solutions to the problems they've been exposed to their entire lives. They’ve seen enough verbose, redundant, and awful code in their time - all written by other humans - to know the difference between elegant, functional, and trash. They remain unfazed and they proceed unleashed.

Those concerned with personal privacy in the AI era will require tools that not only protect their data but also poison data streams.

I’m more concerned about the people in denial of AI than any threat from AI.