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Pause Random Superconductor Experiments: An Open Letter
- fotta 3y agoThis is a parody of the letter about Gen AI right? edit: for reference: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/ https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experime...
- ChatGTP 3y agoI think it’s some ultimate “dad joke”
- version_five 3y agoIt has 293k signatures I just realized
- cthalupa 3y agoYes
- fxtentacle 3y agoit's signed by "Dr. Eustace Thermomagnus", so yes
- fotta 3y agoha I just noticed the domain name too
- idlewords 3y agoThis site truly is where humor goes to die
- kurthr 3y agoTo be fair, I thought the Melatonin for food waste was comedy.
- Etherlord87 3y agoOh, so it was written by a fan of AI, annoyed with critique of AI… That would explain why it's so bad - written using chat GPT ;)
- a1o 3y agoHacker News Karma
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- sammyjoe72 3y agoPretty awful joke.. had me going until it hit the 6 month pause moment
- danuker 3y agoDoesn't that make it a good joke?
- sammyjoe72 3y agoI guess, but I’m checking HN for LK99 updates, because of the bs filter here… if I want garbage I’ll go to reddit. I respect the effort of this satire, but the timing is kind of annoying.
- jacquesm 3y agoYou can flag it.
- OkayPhysicist 3y agoThis is hilarious. Love the goofy names at the end "Countess Valentina Quenchfield, Inheritor Emerald and Copper Mines Company"
- danuker 3y ago> If such a pause cannot be promptly established, regulatory bodies should intervene and declare a suspension. Wow. This pushes my buttons! And should redden the face of anyone asking for the same in the AI field. > Cornelius Cryomesh, Liquid Nitrogen Wholesaler It even has the plain-as-day conflicts of interest! Beautiful!
- sammyjoe72 3y agosuperconductors don’t have a non-zero chance of killing us.
- m1guelpf 3y agoeverything has a non-zero chance of killing us.
- version_five 3y agoSo your complaining that this story is inappropriate for HN is really just because you don't agree with making fun of AI doomers? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37006515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37006515
- gibolt 3y agoHow about, no. We may be on the verge of a massive transformation in so many industries, plus a major tool to help climate change. Let's add proccess and stop people from doing science to move humanity forward is not a viable option. Edit: Really should have read the 'authors'
- version_five 3y agoIt's telling about how ridiculous modern public discourse is that people are having to read to the authors to know if it's serious or not.
- starik36 3y agoThe giveaway is in the first sentence: "acknowledged by top scientific institutions and Russian anime cat girls"
- kromem 3y agoI was just reading a piece the other day about how one of the two baker's dozen grandfathers of superconductors had his wife call in a panic after seeing the LK-99 news, worried about what this would mean for their child's future. We as humanity must come together and put Pandora back in her box so we can leave future generations with only existentially threatening climate change and threats of nuclear annihilation, as opposed to an unexpected possibility of a deus ex machina. Ignore those naive optimists who talk about things like opportunity costs inherent to delay or obstruction. I've been raised on DECADES of Sci-Fi that have convinced me that superconductors are inherently alien and evil and the natural enemy of all humanity. We must act now. Won't anyone think of the children?
- Severian 3y agoWow, this really hits Poe's Law hard. Almost took it seriously.
- version_five 3y agoI didn't find it particularly funny but it's a good mirror to show how ridiculous the AI doomers are. I hope they are more widely ridiculed, they should have been from the start, especially the ones that know better. People have been way to accepting of their grift. (And it's sad to see the story flagged, it's valid and timely satire, and "of interest to good hackers", I hope it's people without a sense of humor and not for political reasons. I mean that satirical story about the dev retiring stayed on front page for hours yesterday )
- happycube 3y agoSome of it's being fed by the companies themselves going "oooh, look how dangerous our new product is! But don't worry, we'll keep it safe..."
- nathansherburn 3y agoI had the opposite reaction. I thought this was funny but I also think there's a about a 10% chance AI will go really badly for humanity in the next 30 years and appreciated the future of life institute's letter. I'm also sad to see it flagged. It's important to be able to laugh at yourself.
- 0xbadc0de5 3y agoGood parody illustrates the ridiculousness of sama's attempt to form a cartel / regulatory capture.
- jprete 3y agoSuperconductors don’t resemble AI at all in their implications, so this parody falls flat for me.
- mikpanko 3y ago293K signatures… Cute!
- TehShrike 3y agoThis won't change the minds of any AI doomers, but it should give everyone else a chuckle.
- Avlin67 3y agowhy halt R&D ? also to go from R&D to industrial process it will take much more than 6 months !
- Avlin67 3y agothe Signatories list is so fun
- no1groyp 3y ago[dead]
- Avlin67 3y ago"LK99" is like a new SARM with 30x anabolic potency
- tehsauce 3y agoIf AI becomes cheaper than human labor, humans laborers across the globe will lose all of their power and leverage. A “pause” might not be a realistic solution, but this kind of parody isn’t any more helpful than climate change denial.
- James_K 3y ago> I don't know why some people consider artificial intelligence rivalling and surpassing humans more dangerous than rocks with useful conductive properties. The person who had this thought should stop having more.
- thrill 3y agoLet's just wait for the superconducting turbo encabulator.
- richard_rainbow 3y agoSooner or later people will demonize pointless comedy like Monty Python as hate speech. In protest people will parrot sketches and become annoying as **. One day some big wig editor will get fooled into publishing a story about consuming enough spam for health or about swallows carrying coconuts across long distances. The punch line will be totally forgotten and the expose will seem cruel and vindictive. Just another terrible illustration of how AI imagery and fancy sounding research is just pure lies and nonsense. No matter how cool and sexy sounding stuff like fusion energy or self cooling beer could be, the story is so unbelievable that even if it is true I can do nothing but wonder. Perhaps tech jumped the shark over a decade ago when a few MIT misfits thought to teach those guys a lesson with completely fake papers. They were just saddened that they had to confess for the sake of the lesson which was never really learned. end of line