• BeamBrain [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    This "LLMs are super scary you guys they might even be sapient" grift is so eye-rollingly stupid. These people are on the mental level of literal children.

  • laziestflagellant [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    Not sure why you'd want to advertise that you're extremely susceptible to suggestion but maybe that's why I'm not an alpha male

    • Black_Mald_Futures [any]
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      2 months ago

      Didn't he like recently get scammed for a shitload of money and then told people about that too

          • ByteFoolish [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            5-7 times

            The only explanation I can think of for him giving a range is that 2 are still in progress. He's been scanned enough times that he knows these 2 are probably scams as well, but he's still holding out hope that this one really is a Nigerian prince

            • Kaputnik [he/him]
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              2 months ago

              Why are you all laughing? This man has cured hundreds of people from their various health issues using only advice

            • Nakoichi [they/them]
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              2 months ago

              Everyone is getting off a lot of jokes at your expense and no one is seeing the real man behind the tweets for the flawed, imperfect human you are. Don't listen to these creeps, some of us still care. Anyways Scott I need to see your wallet I'm the inspector

              michael-laugh

  • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    Every time I hear something else about Scott Adams, I get more embarrassed about liking Dilbert when I was a shitty teen.

    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      My godfather got me Scott Adams' business book when I was 10 for my birthday present

      I didn't even like Dilbert, I was a Calvin & Hobbes kid

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        Christopher: "He was my godfather. But he knew I liked Calvin & Hobbes. He knew that. Dilbert - who likes that shit? Nobody wants that shit."

        Adriana: "So that's when you keyed his car?"

        Christopher: "No. That was another thing. Are you even listening to me! Pass me the bowl!"

        Adriana: "Pass it to yourself." And she walks angrily to the bedroom.

        He throws up his hands.

    • footfaults [none/use name]
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      2 months ago

      Isn't his descent into madness more recent? Like the bulk of his work was before he went insane. Right?

        • Wertheimer [any]
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          2 months ago

          Yeah, in one of his '90s books he had something about how daily affirmations could lead you to win big in the stock market, or some shit.

          • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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            2 months ago

            Another one had his own personal theory of how the universe worked

            He has always been bonkers, but the chud type of bonkers is more recent. This particular post is pretty inline with how he's always been

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        He's probably gotten worse, but looking back, there were warning signs

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        He showed hints of it when the tea party was taking off, but it was fairly level-headed stuff. The descent into madness was gradual, and I feel blessed to read his earlier posts where a germ of the madness started off.

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        I had several of the cartoon books, but the only one I remember specifically is the one where Dogbert asks a recruit for the holy war (Linux vs Windows, I think?), "Can you chant?"

        Something about that just really tickled me.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]
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          2 months ago

          My dad had two Far Side collections in hardcover and I loved those things.

  • Azarova [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    same vibes as that cult expert who said sissy hypno videos he found on the internet were CIA-tier brainwashing or somethingdata-laughing

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    edit-2
    2 months ago

    last night i made my amazon alexa tell me a scary story and the ghost of lon chaney jr. popped out of the floor and he looked at me

  • batsforpeace [any, any]
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    2 months ago

    hey you, did you know that The Digital God is coming, trust me on this, also if you can make a donation to our 'Society for AI Alignment' that would be great too

  • underisk [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    Is it possible to train an AI to convince people who believe LLMs are sapient to take a permanent vow of silence?