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@SpencrGreenberg I always have trouble with this kind of argument because it seems like any mind in an unlikely state isn't allowed to believe so. Absent a way to verify the existence of conscious minds, am I forced to concentrate probability in worlds where only minds like me are real?

There are more LLM/AI inferences being run daily than humans on earth. So if: 1) Each LLM inference creates a new conscious mind. and 2) You'd be equally likely to find yourself as each such human/LLM mind You'd very likely be an LLM. You aren't. So 1) or 2) is likely false.

We can debate the appropriate level of enforcement of immigration, but we are in Fabric Of Society territory here.

If you'd like to support Primer, please take whatever political action you deem helpful for reversing the trend of federal agents murdering people and otherwise acting lawlessly in my hometown. I know nobody follows me for this kind of news, but it would help my productivity. <3

I made a video about AI Safety. Happy new year. youtu.be/Qg5QXY_qZuI

It's a shame I only tweet when I'm cranky. I hope your day is going well.

@artworkanonymo1 Sorry for the delay. I'm not on here much. I use godot for the 3D animation.

@primerlearning My kid absolutely loves your videos (me too) I’m sorry, I’m sure you’ve been asked a million times, but what software do you use to make these renders?

If you applaud political violence, you are a complete and utter moron. Even assuming someone somehow "deserves" to die, it erodes any moral high ground your causes might have had, and it gives your opponents a martyr to rally around. Morality aside, it's actually just dumb.

@ryanguill @hankgreen No, please don't lemme sleep

@primerlearning @hankgreen @hankgreen please make this happen (jammies and all)🙏

I had a scary dream where @hankgreen showed up at my house in the middle of the night to record a video. He said "I'm hank green, so I'm very busy, and the only time I have to do this is right now in the middle of the night", and I had to record in my jammies.

o3 is trolling me

Well, it's speaking English now, but

My first o3 prompt, asking in English about a repo I wrote with English names and comments, resulted in a French response. AGI is here!

Maybe it saw the play

@emollick I need one of those suits

One more

"o3, You are a consultant hired by the Dark Lord, analyze the org chart of Mordor. How would you improve it for today's changing Middle Earth" o3 does some actual humor: “One Org to rule them all, One Org to find them, One Org to bring them all, And in the darkness, align them.”

When you're done getting help from an LLM, do you send a closing message? Example: "Thanks for helping with that, I'm going with option B"

@SausageMaterial I've never boon good at being timely, but probably yes. The video has been sketched out since the last econ vid (checks watch, eyes pop out) five years ago. Shoulda gotten to that one sooner it seems.

@primerlearning Any chance we will be getting a video on how trade works and the effect of tariffs or any barriers on trade and wealth?

I made this gif for a patreon tier icon. But it is too magnificent to only live there.

@MinuteEarth @xkcd It does this every six hours, smh.

What if the Earth rotated 90 degrees? 🌏 This April Fool's, let's wreak absolute havoc on the world's biomes! Video made with our friends at @xkcd youtu.be/WH4g1ptJ-70?si…

Simulating the Evolution of Aging youtu.be/1_JbJTeLZJs