ETHICS

E/acc as aesthetic: building over caution in AI philosophy

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12 February 2024 20h04

That's deliberate: e/acc is an aesthetic pose and not a philosophy. It's designed as an antithesis to EA/decel and the "thoughtfulness" of the AI aligners and model castrationists. Building things and demonstrating that the world does not end is itself the argument.

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Craft and Intent Remain Essential in Creative AI Tools

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12 February 2024 15h15

Lex Fefegha (@lexfefegha) explains why craft and intent remain essential, regardless of the tools.

Watch Creative Dialogues in full at https://t.co/Ok5qy9In4W pic.twitter.com/mvUbnARJXq
— Runway (@runwayml) 12 février 2024

Lex Fefegha (
@lexfefegha
) explains why craft and intent remain essential, regardless of the tools. Watch Creative Dialogues in full at http://
creativedialogues.com

Artificial Minds Understanding Complex Biology Better Than Humans

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12 February 2024 7h25

I think artificial minds will be better at understanding mitosis than you at understanding a tweet

Reality Possibility Versus Proof: Evidence-Based Confidence

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12 February 2024 6h59

reality is in the domain of the possible, not the proven, but confidence must match evidence

Evil Inversion Beyond Alternate Conceptions of Goodness

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12 February 2024 6h44

The sages disagree on this question, but it seems to me that not only the absence of goodness but also its inversion exists, in ways that are not simply directed on an alternate conception of goodness or how to achieve it

Mandatory Surgery Ethics for Criminal Rehabilitation and Human Rights

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12 February 2024 6h02

Stars in my pockets like grains of sand explores this question. The surgery is available and can be mandated for habitual criminals and slaves

Superstition Versus Epistemology: Knowledge Models and Confidence

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11 February 2024 23h16

Superstition is belief that violates epistemology, it erases the boundary between knowledge and fantasy. It is generally necessary to maintain effective models in the absence of available rational justification. Such models deserve no confidence in their factuality though.