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Thanks. This is a really good idea. An idea I had was watching a Super Monkey Ball speedrun and taking care of something every time the runner dies (which would be a lot, because those games are brutal).

 

my sinuses have, abruptly and for no reason, decided It's Purging Time

 

Today is the 3rd day of class and I am so sick I can't swallow without pain in my ears.

So I'm staying home but feeling super guilty about it.

 

aaaaah a moth just died on the floor right outside my room and it's going to be there until someone gets rid of it and I'm aware it would be extremely bratty and selfish to go bug my mom or brother to do it so obviously I'm not going to do that but I don't want to even get near the thing so I'm just ignoring it but I know it's there and will keep being there and it's creeping me the fuck out to even think about and aaaaaah

how do real adults learn to get rid of dead bugs without flipping the fuck out. because I have clearly missed that stage of development entirely.

 

ETA: IT'S GONE

oh fuck where did it go. I was sure it was dead, it was literally lying still on its back but now it's nowhere to be seen and my mom and brother have been in their rooms this whole time so it's not like someone cleaned it up. goddammit now I'm going to find a dead moth somewhere else tonight or tomorrow, most likely, by surprise. why this. why is this happening to me, I thought one of the perks of living in New York was that you usually don't have to deal with this shit.

 

it wasn't gold, was it?

 

honestly I would greatly prefer that at this point

Beatrice can visit all she wants and I'll welcome her, but keep the dead bugs away from me—

 

Can't use my non-refundable ticket to see It because I have a massive throat infection.

 

Spoiler: icky medical stuff

I've had a yeast infection that won't go away for like, 10 days, and I can't see my doctor until next week. ugggghhhhhh

 

Update: did it today. Feels good.

 

I gotta say, the most annoying thing about accidentally following people on Tumblr is I don't know how it happened. What button did I push? When did I do it?

It's not like I go to their page and accidentally follow them, I'm just scrolling through my dashboard, come back later and there's someone new there.

 

People trying to convince me of Sentient AI Apocalypse
like
yes, I like robots and AI, but have you considered... not treating your baby AI like shit?

this discussion really seems to be coming down to "are people inherently dicks" and I do not have the brain for debate rn
(morals are not innate, but consider... teaching your AI that certain things should not be done (bc they hurt people, bc consequences exist, whatever)... like, yknow, a normal kid)

 

Trigger warning for the spoiler

Spoiler

I mean that would be really nice, but the problem is many people can't even give that type of kindness to their actual children. I don't see why they would treat something that isn't even human any better, sentient or not.

 

I'm well aware of spoiler contents
but the argument being made at me was "if an AI gains sentience, the only options are 1) it starts killing people because Machines Don't Morals (nevermind that morals??? are rules??? which can be taught, however badly??) or 2) it ~transcends humanity entirely~ and just ignores us"
like.... how do u think.... morals happen (you= person who was saying that, not you= nectarine)
because they sure as fuck ain't innate

Spoiler: abuse warning

like, violent fantasies in abused kids are A Thing, even if they don't usually get acted on
so assuming a sentient AI has similar psychology to human, yeah, if you abuse your baby AI it could end up wanting to kill you, but that's a trauma response, not an Innate Feature Of AI

and natch I'm thinking of all this hours after the conversation has ended :P

 

smashes down door hello special interest
i have long held the opinion that if we ever progress far enough for this to be a legit concern, it should be established immediately that a new consciousness will need time to grow and develop. Regardless of the fact it would be able to do so far faster than a human child would.
My idea: AI guardians. Trained social workers and therapists who take on the role of 'parent' and ensure the AI grows up at a healthy pace and develop a moral code over time rather than just being plugged onto future twitter and told to learn and draw conclusions

 

That´s a great idea.

 

Honestly I'm too cynical and not educated enough to engage in this properly. Just. Knee-jerk response there. You raise good points regarding morality, Loq.

 

More likely scenario:
https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer

 

Hiveswap vol 1ends just when it's starting to get good.

 

I've called off two days in a row and now my brain is doing the Anxiety "Gotta Justify Everything Even Though No One Cares" Dance