On second thought I won’t post it myself, it’s a bit too mean-spirited and facile. I haven’t been party to the discussions on IRC so I am probably missing a bunch of nuance.

I do compare the mods to Robespierre and co which might be seen as less of a compliement. I do believe they’re working under a lot of pressure and it’s hard to make decisions that please everyone.

I am mostly not unhappy that it’s not been a complete victory for the sloppers

I’ll consider it. I’d like to sleep on it and see if events overtake it overnight, which can definitely happen

I summed up my views in the latest lobste.rs kerfuffle in a blog post:

https://gerikson.com/blog/comm/Radical-centrism.html

This is a weird side-effect of Lobste.rs culture, it really dislikes being just a collection of links on the front page that increase traffic. And there have been multiple attempts to place links there via deception. Plus the community will give you hell (and flag your submissions as spam) unless you do the needful and comment a bit.

That said it’s really easy to work around by just making good content, having an RSS feed, and letting the community discover your stuff and post it. Or ask a buddy with an account to do it for you. But that in its turn requires actually learning how the community works.

It’s been a day, and the mods are not sitting still:

https://lobste.rs/moderations

Thanks!

Quick Q, from where does the weird term “abliteration” come from? I’ve seen it used for “jailbroken” GenAI models.

They’re referencing the meme that an uncontrolled AI will inevitably kill every last human being, for reasons.

came here to post that. Genuinely having to reconsider being an active user there now

say hello to the TankAIs

Add Tesla to the antifa/ACAB alliance

guys what if AI makes something really really good won’t that make people not want to kill it???

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Ht4JZtxngKwuQ7cDC/tsvibt-s-shortform?commentId=5GqafvboceJ7phYLj

Same here, Chrome works, but I am also behind some weird corporate network.

Unconfirmed rumor says that a Swedish streaming service had to postpone the premiere of a new game show season because an “AI agent” deleted the completed cut of the show.

Via SVT: https://www.svt.se/kultur/tekniskt-haveri-tv4-skjuter-upp-realitysatsning

References Aftonbladet: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/31oE8A/the-challenge-sverige-raderad-av-ai-bara-veckor-innan-premiaren

The streaming service (TV4) says it’s a “technical issue” (the Swedish term “haveri” is used for everything from a computer system crash to an airplane crash).

so wait, the slop-slingers weren’t actually decompiling Adobe code (which would be more efficient, if possibly illegal), they just looked at the interface and asked Claude to replicate what they saw???

Sama is a serial scammer, this is just the biggest scam he’s managed to foster. He’ll say whatever it takes to get the payout.

Dario is a true believer but I also think the prospect of $billions skews his judgement

Looks like a Stanford philosophy professor either didn’t get invited to the orgies, or had a bad time, and took out his frustration by writing an op-ed in The Economist decrying the EAs for caring more about shrimp than people.

An outraged green-leaf LWer took to the substacks to attack him, saying he cares less about shrimp than people.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mEZAjDR9HuwJCJfWH/leif-wenar-s-takedown-of-effective-altruism

skinny nerd enters a bar, lights up and is thrown out

blog post appears: “yet another blatant attempt to deny white men sex”

“so you’re saying there’s a chance Anthropic will be profitable?”

This was exactly the point - flood the zone with shit to show how “smart” the stuff underlying your IP is