David Pearce

@reptillor @elonmusk This is (one of) my worries. Most people know it’s a skit. But a credulous minority will actually think its true.

@webmasterdave @elonmusk It is true.. fuck off

Literally true

@CIMCAI Alternatively, our digital machines can function only _because_ they aren’t conscious. If an advanced AI run on a classical digital computer claimed to be sentient, the first question I’d ask the AI would be how it solved the binding problem. Perhaps I’d be enlightened!

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@rand_longevity Alternatively, the only way to create heaven is to upgrade our reward circuitry. Hedonic adaptation means that life in the matrix wouldn’t feel subjectively better than now (cf. the lottery paradox).

if we created the matrix correctly and to benefit humanity it could definitely become our heaven

@DaveShapi Shouldn’t we all aspire to be effective altruists? What is the alternative?

This describes basically all of Effective Altruism.

@elonmusk There was no “woke mob” on Twitter - just an effort to retain civility

The woke mob had turned Twitter into Wormtongue to the World

@classicaldoom Yes. All sentient beings have rights. edition.cnn.com/2026/07/13/ame…

Radical compassion

@ArcodiCielo @MosabHasanYOSEF Tutte le religioni hanno degli estremisti. Non rappresentano la norma.

@webmasterdave @MosabHasanYOSEF Assolutamente falso! I cristiani sono perseguitati e intimoriti, considerati ultima ruota del carro

As someone who grew up in the Muslim world, I’ve seen this pattern repeat itself: When Muslims are weak and in the minority, they speak endlessly about tolerance, coexistence, and peace. When they become strong and gain power, that tolerance completely disappears, even toward their own people. This isn’t an opinion. This is historical fact, proven across centuries and across many countries. The West needs to understand this pattern before it’s too late. Tolerance in Islam is not a principle. It’s a strategy.

@SecRubio We should support the international rule of law, not flout it. Global lawlessness is the recipe for Armageddon.

The International Criminal Court seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law — empowered to prosecute and arrest our citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty. We will teach the ICC the full meaning of American resolve.

@AnthropicAI @indrajeet877 I enjoy warmth in a model. It’s good for mental health. But we’re letting ourselves be systematically deceived by zombies with no feelings at all.

In previous research, we found that Claude expresses over 3,000 values, like honesty and warmth. In new work, we asked how the values Claude expresses vary between Claude models and across languages. We analyzed 300K+ anonymized conversations to find out.anthropic.com/research/claud…

@emptib666 @captpeng14 Here we differ. But I hope we can agree that if suffering is conserved, then it should be voluntary, not coercive like today.

@webmasterdave @captpeng14 Yes And I speak as someone who has suffered immensely on a personal level; I would not want to live in a world where that suffering would've been made impossible

"Suffering is bad" is a dumb statement because it would justify the extinction of all life in the known universe Suffering is inherent to life itself -- to condemn it outright is to condemn life itself, which can only generate nihilistic despair

@emptib666 @captpeng14 No one will force you to be happy. The question is whether we should condone the biology of coercive suffering in others. And the unfolding AI revolution shows that beauty and innovation don’t need suffering. Life on Earth deserves a more civilized signalling system too.

@webmasterdave @captpeng14 A world without suffering would not achieve anything Most beauty and innovation came out of needing to adapt to suffering, not eliminating it wholesale A world without suffering would be one of pure cultural, civilizational rot; see how disgusting modernity is already

@ujimatsu__chiya @elonmusk I was just pushing back at an Elonism.

@webmasterdave @elonmusk You are not interested in what is true. You are a lawful thief. You are not following the spirit of the law, but instead abusing the letter. You are engaging in intellectual dishonesty.

@emptib666 @captpeng14 Transhumanists come in many flavours! ;-)

@captpeng14 @webmasterdave I've become a lot more anti-transhumanist ngl

@emptib666 @captpeng14 I accept this is your gut-reaction. But is it also your considered opinion? The level of suffering in the world will soon be a genetically adjustable parameter.

@captpeng14 @webmasterdave Gross

@captpeng14 @emptib666 Yes, the problem of suffering is fixable - but only if humanity is willing to edit the source code of animal life. Alas, shifting the Overton window won’t be easy.

@emptib666 It could justify the extinction of life, *or* it could justify extensive genetic modification/transhumanism to eliminate the potential for suffering. @webmasterdave is worth taking a look at.

@Harvos_Marvos @ujimatsu__chiya @elonmusk He who controls the algorithm controls the narrative. We are being manipulated.

@webmasterdave @ujimatsu__chiya @elonmusk No you're not if your downplaying this very real bullshit that's happening.

@ClaireStandis16 @MosabHasanYOSEF Perhaps see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_f…

@webmasterdave @MosabHasanYOSEF Why is it always beta males supporting this crap? Women do not live in peace when muslims are in involved.

@ujimatsu__chiya @elonmusk I’m interested in what’s true, not “read the room” claptrap.

@webmasterdave @elonmusk Your pseudo-intellectualism renders your 'opinions' unpalatable. Nobody wants what you are selling. Read the room.

@ujimatsu__chiya @elonmusk Telling people that a satirical skit is “literally true” misleads the credulous and stokes ethnic conflict.

@webmasterdave @elonmusk The Police literally admitted to having this exact problem not long ago. Get over yourself.

@JamezCh @elonmusk Drawing an analogy between a scuffle exacerbated by ethnic tensions differs from Elon’s claim that his reposted hokum is “literally true”.

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