i think that line in particular originates from allegations against musk over the datacenter in memphis but obviously everyones wrapped those concerns up in performative empathy

every single one of these people with "meangirls" in their name are just all-around rancid people

I feel like they are so close to understanding the choice to not make themselves miserable all the time. It’s not like they are accomplishing anything else.

there should be accountability from whoever is responsible for any machine that cause harm, but the system itself is the main problem with cars. you reduce crashes by not forcing everyone to always be driving. building public transit and making streets and communities safe to walk and bike on.

They should build the datacenter, ON the golf course!

Would someone die? Yes. Because no one can guarantee 100% certainty on anything, which seems like one of those American neuroses that when paired with anger at the idea of faceless corporations gives the illusion of being rational.

Yes, a world with widespread self-driving cars would likely mean the end of professional drivers as a profession. It'd also mean the end of driving for fun in most public roads. Tired of hearing that driving is like some human right or dignity or some nonsense.

It's a Tumblr/Bluesky kind of argumentation that obviously doesn't work on anyone who cares about what is true, but it signals adherence to the cause to those in the in-group. I appreciate seeing people push back against that sort of stuff.

You don't understand, I have to be paranoid for the rest of my life that this image isn't completely real!!!*

*person who thinks that photography involves no editing or deceptive angles as it is

The fact that there is a smooth continuum between the last universal common ancestor and every other living thing and there is absolutely nothing special about humans is like the fundamental axiom of biology. What are these people on?

People think that us not yet being able to literally model and understand an entire human brain as a system means that we don't know how any of it works at all, and we never ever will

The fact that we have a brain of corresponding complexity for every level of consciousness between fruit flies and us and we can model the ones on the very low end suggesting therefore that human brains can also be modeled in principle vs nuh uh

Do they ever follow the reasoning here to the point of noticing that if you can simulate a human mind but not produce qualia, they're eventually faced with having to arbitrarily deny recognition as a fellow mind to something that can produce everything that convinces them other people are conscious?