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Stopping the 'Digital God' Cult: If it's anthropomorphic, don't fund it

ygolo

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I agree that the currently released models are not conscious. I don't bar it from being a possibility by the number of neurons increasing to a certain level, along a particular architecture.

I was mainly pointing out the disingenuousness of the Digital God cultists; they want to keep pushing along these lines. If they believe what they claim is true, Gain-of-Function research looks downright prosaic in contrast. But they still pushed on this, with no empirical evidence to back their safety claims outside of interpretations of what all reinforcement learning researchers (and enthusiasts) know already, but in anthropomorphic ways. (i.e. that Reinforcement Learning "cheats." That's similar to saying that a golf ball "cheats" by not going where you want it to as a beginning golfer.)

Specifically, SB 1047 (and laws like it) are being propagandized strongly again. So many other laws were passed in AI that most people railing against SB 1047 said nothing about (and, in fact, supported). Their characterization of people opposing this law as people who will oppose any law is complete bullsh*t. There were at least 17 new bills in California in 2024

There are always token exceptions, but when you watch the propaganda that will flood the internet, I implore people to tally the color of the faces of the researchers on either side of their propaganda films. As I said before, their cult has Eugenics roots. Because they have been called out on it so much, they are intentionally starting to recruit more racial diversity.

The propaganda put out by the cultists denigrates, without proof, the likes of Fei-Fie Li, just for starting up a business, even though they themselves have vested financial interests.

In fact, the type of startup she made is precisely the type of AI that would remove financial incentive from their Digital God. It is illustrative how much the Digital God cult chooses her as the enemy. How does an entirely new branch(spatial intelligence) that requires more computing, even for early intelligence results, but is more useful directly, like navigating a spatial environment, push them closer to their hidden goal of building consciousness that only they control? It doesn't. That's why the cult puts compute limits in the laws they sponsor.

I don't want to produce another wall of text (maybe too late). But I could keep going on forever.

When you look at the propaganda and the laws they promote, realize that drawing the straight line that best fits a ton of points is also AI. The more points, the more computation. Realize that they are writing laws as if only the things the Digital God Cult is working on are AI, so that every other form of software is illegal to make.
 

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Keep talking about it, awareness is crucial in understanding any of this. As in the more awareness is given the better.

See that’s the thing since the entire AI configuration is masked it’s going over everyone’s head. And because there is very little mainstream awareness very little is known.

It’s like crypto in a way. There was a period of 5 or so yrs where there was nothing in place. There was no awareness of it to what the potential of it was till it gained traction and started floating in stocks.

This field is similar in some ways yet totally different. It’s scarier for the stakes are higher.
 
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And of course it’s why nobody is even registering or keeping track of any laws that’s passing. It’s going by unawares as it’s an industry relatively unknown. While yes it’s tech the parameters aren’t defined in the scope it needs to be. Of direction and what will eventuate from its formative yrs.

So there is very little regulation, I mean some sure there is some but it’s as I said in a blind spot.

And if they can get away with passing laws to favour them they will till they get scrutiny and people understand their corruption and flaws.

Yet since it’s early days not very well defined or intentionally made hazy nobody knows what to regulate or how to create the literature to regulate. Only the developers of the companies do and they will only ever stay silent and favour their causes while making where possible things illegal for others to delve into or examine or investigate or even replicate etc.

I mean first I heard of tescreal was this thread as I wasn’t tracking the industry. So many won’t either.
 
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