Also, one would think that, if you expected a superintelligent AI to create innocent sentient beings just to torture them, the moral imperative would be to avoid helping create it.
pomegranatefern
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I think, as a dedicated LLM hater, that calling AI a cult is overstating the case. But I will also point to the fact that some of the upper level drivers like Elon Musk are 100% motivated by Roko's Basilisk, so.
In 2026? 2026? Do we have a c/angryupvote yet?
Holy shit, the memes came true.
Hey, that's cool! This seems promising for enabling people dealing with chronic pain to have more options for ways to control pain without needing to potentially compromise mental function when they need it. Now to scroll through the comment section to see everyone's completely reasonable and measured takes.
Isn't cold water shock even more of a risk in warmer temperatures, too, because UK inland water can stay pretty chilly even in warm temperatures? I read about that here. Given recent record levels of heat...
Moths are just goth butterflies, LBR. (Rosy maple moths are pastel goths.)
Moths do have more of a tendency to slip into the house and be a pest, but I find them pretty straightforward to catch with a cup and relocate outside. I keep my pantry food in sealed containers to avoid uninvited critters eating it before I can, and the vaaaast majority of moths don't eat clothes (plus even the few who do primarily dine on animal fibers, which leaves my plant-fiber wardrobe alone), so they don't really have much ability to cause me any real grief beyond my desire for them not to fly in my face and also my desire not to hurt them by accident.