Notices by Daniel Taylor (randomdamage@infosec.exchange)

@foone Nah, it's the Pope of the Diety Jack Vance.

So, how many planets does an authoritarian religion need to be on before there are local Popes?

@foone Honestly, it's one of the first places I look

@nyrath This is my main argument against the paperclip assemblers' theory of AI danger.

No matter how smart the AI, it still must abide by the laws of physics *and* live in an adversarial environment

Poor things haven't got a chance

@lmorchard it's not even lying, as it would have to have knowledge of truth to do so.

It's blathering, it just emits the words that seem to match the current situation (according to its algorithm) without care or concern to values of truth or falsehood.

It would make a very effective political campaigner