Francis Foster
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the way I saw things slightly changed.
Like the images became more like vivid in my head.
And one of the things he was talking about is the mindset of say like there were certain tribes that would sacrifice one of their children for some kind of reason, right?
Something like that.
And when he was talking, I suddenly had this vision of like being there
And he said, now think about what that's like.
What do you have to believe and how do you have to think to be willing to sacrifice your own child for something?
Willingly.
Willingly.
Now think of the bond with your children.
For you to think that that is the right thing to do, you've got to be a different human being to the three of us.
And also maybe you've got to be really fucking terrified of something.
Especially if you have no access to other information or other cultural values or anything.
Exactly.
That story will always make – I feel bad laughing at someone being killed, but that story about the guy who went to that island.
Yeah, he wasn't a Mormon.
That's the difference with AI, isn't it?
Because up to that point, all technology really does is amplifies our natural human nature in every way.
The ancient Egyptians were jealous of their sister and fucking all of this shit, right?
But AI isn't human.