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If you are shocked by this, I suggest not reading his other recent topics.

by gauge_field 2y ago

moshun 2y ago
Spent an hour going through his blog. Wild and unpleasant ride.
- darknavi 2y ago
  The comments section of that blog is truly a wild ride.
  - fc417fc802 2y ago
    As it should be. > For most of my professional life, this blog has been my forum, where anyone in the world could show up to raise any issue they wanted, as if we were tunic-wearing philosophers in the Athenian agora. https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6576 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6576
- tdb7893 2y ago
  It's interesting to see someone who seems to describe themself as anti-woke try desperately to convince the generally anti-academic movement to fund academics. Sadly I don't think he'll succeed in this. I don't agree with many of his posts but I think the blog is interesting in how personal it feels. Often I feel like all media is very cultivated but he seems very willing to put his own anxieties and foibles on the web.
  - KerrAvon 2y ago
    FWIW, it's unclear how the NSF ends up. Musk needs scientists to make rockets go. The defense industry needs a broad spectrum of scientists to make all kinds of things happen. Scientists (and especially the schools producing said scientists) need funding to operate, or there will no longer be accredited scientists. Does Musk understand this? Maybe not. It's not evident so far. He certainly lives in a fictional world of the right wing's devising. Will someone else be able to penetrate that bubble to make him understand it? Will he care if they do? Guess we'll find out.
    - stogot 2y ago
      Why do all schools need public money? The big ones have huge endowments, why not use those? They also make a ton of money from students. Much of it is wasted on layers of administrators, but the administrators will just fire the scientists for not bringing in grants
- HappyPanacea 2y ago
  I found his blog to be candid and well thought out usually
echelon 2y ago
> If you are shocked by this, I suggest not reading his other recent topics. Given that this is Scott Aaronson, does he suggest we'll break cryptography and destroy the foundations of the modern internet?
- vonneumannstan 2y ago
  AI takeover is what he's referencing.
  - ameliaquining 2y ago
    Also distress at various political developments.

If you are shocked by this, I suggest not reading his other recent topics.

moshun 2y ago

Spent an hour going through his blog. Wild and unpleasant ride.

darknavi 2y ago
The comments section of that blog is truly a wild ride.
- fc417fc802 2y ago
  As it should be. > For most of my professional life, this blog has been my forum, where anyone in the world could show up to raise any issue they wanted, as if we were tunic-wearing philosophers in the Athenian agora. https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6576 https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6576
tdb7893 2y ago
It's interesting to see someone who seems to describe themself as anti-woke try desperately to convince the generally anti-academic movement to fund academics. Sadly I don't think he'll succeed in this. I don't agree with many of his posts but I think the blog is interesting in how personal it feels. Often I feel like all media is very cultivated but he seems very willing to put his own anxieties and foibles on the web.
- KerrAvon 2y ago
  FWIW, it's unclear how the NSF ends up. Musk needs scientists to make rockets go. The defense industry needs a broad spectrum of scientists to make all kinds of things happen. Scientists (and especially the schools producing said scientists) need funding to operate, or there will no longer be accredited scientists. Does Musk understand this? Maybe not. It's not evident so far. He certainly lives in a fictional world of the right wing's devising. Will someone else be able to penetrate that bubble to make him understand it? Will he care if they do? Guess we'll find out.
  - stogot 2y ago
    Why do all schools need public money? The big ones have huge endowments, why not use those? They also make a ton of money from students. Much of it is wasted on layers of administrators, but the administrators will just fire the scientists for not bringing in grants
HappyPanacea 2y ago
I found his blog to be candid and well thought out usually

echelon 2y ago

> If you are shocked by this, I suggest not reading his other recent topics. Given that this is Scott Aaronson, does he suggest we'll break cryptography and destroy the foundations of the modern internet?

vonneumannstan 2y ago
AI takeover is what he's referencing.
- ameliaquining 2y ago
  Also distress at various political developments.