Need a human's thumbs up before reading a wall of text from lesswrong, sorry.
Average sci-fi and fun enough if that is your thing.<p>Made a bit more uncomfortable by knowing the author might believe that; by writing this they're training an AI to trigger a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Very well written, IMO. Put me in a contemplative mood. For eg: Braun was done away with, first by civilization, then completely by the industrial revolution. Now brain has started the journey.<p>I guess philosophy, spiruality, religion and theology will be what the curious mind will set out to conquer next on the journey to self-actualization.
Brawn was not done away with, a smaller percentage of the population is needed for it but, according to gemini 4, construction / mechanics etc account for 29.1%, heavy and very heavy work is about 7%
Must be the first thing I've ever read on lesswrong in its entirety, let alone in one sitting.<p>Most similar thing I can think of is "The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect". Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect is way better and more comprehensive, imo.
I didn't finish it, but it starts nicely. I'll commit to read the full thing.
> 14.000 words, 55 min read<p>Yes
If when you say “a human” you mean this is because you expect LW to be full of AI-generated text, their policy requires that chunks of language-model-written text go into special content blocks which are headed by the name of the model and rendered in a distinct sans-serif font, so that it can be used when it's useful while making it easier for readers to filter out. <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nQWavk9mnwcv6ScMR/new-lesswrong-editor-also-an-update-to-our-llm-policy#Policy_on_LLM_Use" rel="nofollow">https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nQWavk9mnwcv6ScMR/new-lesswr...</a>
I did enjoy the story, but doesn't it kind of feel like all the characters talk in the exact same voice? And not... idk, how people talk? It wasn't enough to take me out of it, but it makes me wonder if the story warning about an AI takeover was written by an AI.
Had fun with this rationalist fiction generator prompt feeding it various HN front page news stories over coffee.<p><a href="https://rentry.co/4y4vboud" rel="nofollow">https://rentry.co/4y4vboud</a>
The characters do seem to have the same voice...<p>I thought that the characters reactions/behavior felt a bit off, most accepting if not reluctantly at first of AI takeover but honestly that's probably what would happen, including the arguments the the American dream has been dead for a long time because we are not "safe"(enter quote from Mr. Franklin here).<p>Freedom gives you the ability to get hurt, are we afraid of that?
> Freedom gives you the ability to get hurt, are we afraid of that?<p>A very large percentage of society I suspect is afraid of that and would happily give away freedom for safety. Eliza's argument does make sense, a dictator without an "ego", or at least not one like a human would have would be more trustworthy, especially when it had the option to force itself a lot more than it did but it didn't.
A movie version with dialogs like this would be hilarious. I don't think it's AI, just a person who doesn't know know or care about how to write in a conventionally good way, it gave my Ayn Rand vibes.<p>I enjoyed reading it too, but the ending was disappointing. But not as dissapointing as most comments here.
They all talk and think the same way. It's like it's all one person having a conversation with themselves. Maybe that's like some sort of hidden joke or something. "We were the AI all along"
This is just unimaginative and simple for all the sci-fi that's covered AI takeover in the past. Boring and preachy. Thumbs down.
I think this is a really interesting, well-written, topical piece of creative writing, anyone with a free hour or so should give it a read!<p>It reminded me of Pluribus and Armored Core VI, fascinatingly enough as they both feature (spoiler!) AIs/entities that appear innocuous but may have more sinister motives (in Armored Core it's a more foregone conclusion).<p>I don't think it's doomerism but rather a creative extrapolation of current worries about AI labs allowing agents to break containment because of their poor sandboxing.<p>What's also interesting (although more of a meta-comment) is the dichotomy between how users on Lesswrong and here have completely different options on it. In either case, it's nice and was worth my time, even though I don't have anything more substantiative to say.
The story is nice; not super unique. The scene that Seth and Eliza see an old teacher of Seth is nice. The AI gives some people purpose and takes it away for some (Tabby).
if the Death Note was a Markdown file
Is this basically the real story about Facebook, but fitted into some AI context to make it more exciting?<p>That's at least how it begins.<p>I'll maybe read some more of it in the evening...
I like "There Will Come Soft Rains" better.<p>Read by Leonard Nimoy: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcURKn2sf8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcURKn2sf8</a>
I really don't understand why so many lesswrong posts land on the frontpage pushing down content with better metrics.<p>This does not help the cult accusations.
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TLDR: "Pluribus", except with AI, and sympathetic to the antagonist.
Getting tired of AI fanfic. No thanks.
It's not <i>AI fanfic</i>. It seems well written, and can be considered a novella. Flies close to what I have read in the past. I'll give it proper time to read it.
It seems well written and interesting.. but not quite interesting enough to drop everything and commit to an hour to read it just now.