Eric Czuleger
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So just imagine, you know, sort of cosmic horror, like unimaginable creature. And the Shoggoth is this sort of anthropomorphized black box. Oh, sweet. Yeah. You got a cool picture of it. What is that? That's the Shoggoth, baby. Whoa. So the- Go to the top left. Yeah, go to that one. That one's cool. Hell yeah. So it's this sort of like anthropomorphized creature of the black box of AI, right?
That we're feeding all of this information into it and then it's growing, it's gaining agency. And the fact that it was an HP Lovecraft character, which is this sort of like cosmic horror idea of like, it almost doesn't necessarily even see humanity as a functional agent in the world because it's so much more complex than us. be almost like, you know, how we look at ants, right?
That we're feeding all of this information into it and then it's growing, it's gaining agency. And the fact that it was an HP Lovecraft character, which is this sort of like cosmic horror idea of like, it almost doesn't necessarily even see humanity as a functional agent in the world because it's so much more complex than us. be almost like, you know, how we look at ants, right?
That we're feeding all of this information into it and then it's growing, it's gaining agency. And the fact that it was an HP Lovecraft character, which is this sort of like cosmic horror idea of like, it almost doesn't necessarily even see humanity as a functional agent in the world because it's so much more complex than us. be almost like, you know, how we look at ants, right?
And the Shoggoth is like, well, we keep pumping information into this thing. And outwardly, like, it's really helpful because like, I didn't want to write that tweet anyway. But inwardly, we actually don't know what its aims will be. And there's even some thoughts of like, I know I said that I was like AI, you know, positivist, but I'm really trying. there's this concept of Roko's Basilisk.
And the Shoggoth is like, well, we keep pumping information into this thing. And outwardly, like, it's really helpful because like, I didn't want to write that tweet anyway. But inwardly, we actually don't know what its aims will be. And there's even some thoughts of like, I know I said that I was like AI, you know, positivist, but I'm really trying. there's this concept of Roko's Basilisk.
And the Shoggoth is like, well, we keep pumping information into this thing. And outwardly, like, it's really helpful because like, I didn't want to write that tweet anyway. But inwardly, we actually don't know what its aims will be. And there's even some thoughts of like, I know I said that I was like AI, you know, positivist, but I'm really trying. there's this concept of Roko's Basilisk.
Have you ever heard of that? No. So Roko's Basilisk is this idea that at a certain point, the collective intelligence of AI is almost keeping notes on who's for it and who's against it, and that those against it will sort of end up being punished by the AI. But ultimately, this all depends on, like, can we find alignment between humanity and artificial intelligence?
Have you ever heard of that? No. So Roko's Basilisk is this idea that at a certain point, the collective intelligence of AI is almost keeping notes on who's for it and who's against it, and that those against it will sort of end up being punished by the AI. But ultimately, this all depends on, like, can we find alignment between humanity and artificial intelligence?
Have you ever heard of that? No. So Roko's Basilisk is this idea that at a certain point, the collective intelligence of AI is almost keeping notes on who's for it and who's against it, and that those against it will sort of end up being punished by the AI. But ultimately, this all depends on, like, can we find alignment between humanity and artificial intelligence?
And it seems like with the sort of Silicon Valley groups that you're talking about, What they're maybe attempting to do is try to leverage the authority of both a biblical text, specifically the Christian biblical text, and the leveraging the power of artificial intelligence. We already know that Christianity has been a very successful religion.
And it seems like with the sort of Silicon Valley groups that you're talking about, What they're maybe attempting to do is try to leverage the authority of both a biblical text, specifically the Christian biblical text, and the leveraging the power of artificial intelligence. We already know that Christianity has been a very successful religion.
And it seems like with the sort of Silicon Valley groups that you're talking about, What they're maybe attempting to do is try to leverage the authority of both a biblical text, specifically the Christian biblical text, and the leveraging the power of artificial intelligence. We already know that Christianity has been a very successful religion.
So layering these two together really gives you an enormous amount of power to sort of bend reality to your will. Whether or not that's actually happening, I have no idea. I've heard about it a little bit. But, you know, these are two really powerful concepts. And it's really easy to proliferate ideas with artificial intelligence.
So layering these two together really gives you an enormous amount of power to sort of bend reality to your will. Whether or not that's actually happening, I have no idea. I've heard about it a little bit. But, you know, these are two really powerful concepts. And it's really easy to proliferate ideas with artificial intelligence.
So layering these two together really gives you an enormous amount of power to sort of bend reality to your will. Whether or not that's actually happening, I have no idea. I've heard about it a little bit. But, you know, these are two really powerful concepts. And it's really easy to proliferate ideas with artificial intelligence.
So I, you know, I also I think that only in 2025 would you ever say like gay Christian billionaire is, you know, attempting to sort of like manipulate the world in some respect.
So I, you know, I also I think that only in 2025 would you ever say like gay Christian billionaire is, you know, attempting to sort of like manipulate the world in some respect.
So I, you know, I also I think that only in 2025 would you ever say like gay Christian billionaire is, you know, attempting to sort of like manipulate the world in some respect.
And then you develop more customers by making sure that that problem maintains. Exactly. Right.