The AI doomsday cultists are doing AI doomsday cult shit again. This is their new 90-second commercial and it's fucking incomprehensible.
@davidgerard
The one kid eats a dandelion instead of blowing on the seeds.
@davidgerard What *have* I just watched?
Bonkers.
@davidgerard Because disagreement on a rational basis is insufficient.
@davidgerard
> You accept that we do not understand how they work
I started laughing out loud on this point
They are making a play on a historically famous U.S. political commercial.
It does make sense to me because it’s conveying the message that AGI is going to delete humanity (because they accept the premise of AGI). I think most of us understand the danger is not super intelligence, it’s the surveillance and economic and political control
"Daisy" Ad (1964): Preserved from 35mm in the Tony Schwartz Collection
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @reiddragon it makes sense to you because you already know the claim
Oh, I absolutely do know the proposition but I also understand visual communication really well. It’s something I obsessed about as a kid so it helps.
@davidgerard
Before I watch it, I will make an assumption that it was created by AI