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• @YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 2026-09-03 22:32

  I guess given the demographics of the diehard Bernie bros this isn’t necessarily a surprising turn, but it’s still disappointing. Also, hat tip to Dr. Rasmussen for cogently articulating the frustration of the hour. Why in the hell are we talking about whether the acausal robot God is going to endanger our ability to trade galaxies like Pokemon cards when so much of the world is both literally and figuratively on fucking fire?

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• @rhamph@awful.systems 2026-09-03 23:24

  I don’t even get where Marcus is coming from. He worries that this is a total ban on definitely very useful research, and protests: I could support the pause; I cannot support a permanent ban on research that might benefit humanity. We may need a temporary pause, maybe even one that lasts for a number of years, until such time as we have much better ideas about regulation and alignment. So just repeal or amend the total ban once those better ideas are available? Also that’s a very big MIGHT benefit humanity

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