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Upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man
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A post casts superintelligence as a spear that will pierce the 'Decel great filter.'
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An October 19 post argues a 100%-plus tariff would make Chinese AV imports cost-ineffective for Waymo.
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A quote post describes a robot dog protecting humans from a bear and calls the subplot 'quintessentially Japanese.'
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A post links to a photo without offering any explanation beyond 'hmm.'
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A poster says almost any Stage 4 cancer patient would find human understanding of a working cure's mechanism irrelevant.
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A quote post jokes that disbelief in AGI is a 'pill issue,' borrowing an earlier 'krill issue' punchline.
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One commenter calls the urge for credit, especially among men, both atavistic and essential in many human environments.
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A quote-post pairs claims of the “highest p(doom) ever” and the most clicks with a watch-before-the-world-ends joke.
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The Dispatch casts the church as a formidable opponent, pointing to its experience with millenarian cults.
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Dillon Plunkett argues the reported axis may reflect language representations, not pain experienced by a model.
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A writer argues that agnosticism could reinforce existing prejudices and deepen epistemic closure amid uncertainty about AI consciousness.
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A poster says they expected a “tour de force” when Pinker's article appeared, and Scott's reply did not disappoint.
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A post quotes AI as a 'superhuman specialist' that's 'sub-human at running itself,' then speculates about what that gap could lead to.
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In a reply, a commenter calls it negligent to allege “deaths tied to AI” without mentioning how many lives AI has directly saved.
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A commentator argues that assumed duties toward conscious AI make it harder to examine whether AI is conscious.
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A user says a New York Times piece describes Anthropic quietly bringing in religious thinkers from around the world to help give its AI a moral compass.
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A post claims driverless robotaxis must have a human monitor physically present in the driver’s seat, then jokes that horseless carriages would need a horse monitor in the passenger seat.
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A post says Anil Seth’s essay, which opposes the possibility of AI consciousness, has drawn commentary and disagreement. A large collection of responses is now available with the article.
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A user quote-posted another post with the approving comment “Much better 👏.”
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Stephen Wolfram says questions from others prompted him to write down his current thoughts on the subject.