Comrade Angles @Angle@witches.town

@c25l Well, I meant the civil war. As for revolutions, I actually would prefer to avoid them, as they seem to turn out badly like 90% of the time. That's not always possible though. :/

@c25l That basically rules out all revolutions, though. I mean, I don't like killing any more than the next person, but sometimes it's necessary. Like, imagine we'd held off on having the American civil war to save lives. That'd mean a good half a million people not dead. But today? They'd be dead all the same, and we'd still have slavery for our trouble. :/

@c25l Aye, though that describes Russia in general in this period - lots of people took that approach. :/

Hmm. So what is y'alls opinion on Lenin? Personally I think he was honest and dedicated, but also ruthless and fanatical. He also seems to have been entirely too unwilling to consider nuance or admit to his mistakes. :/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9N8hsXQapjY

@floatoverblow @bob Well, it is a little about A.I. I don't think hostile A.I. of superintelligence are the big problems, but I wouldn't write then off either. :/

@pnathan @natecull @enkiv2 @wrenpile @celesteh *impulsiveness, not inclusiveness. whoops. XD

@celesteh @wrenpile @enkiv2 @natecull @pnathan There's also been some research showing widespread brain damage from lead poisoning leading to more inclusiveness and criminal activity. For whatever that's worth. :/

@floatoverblow I mean, I agree with most of the things you say there... But also there are a dozen /other/ reasons to worry. It's pretty late, so I don't want to go into it now, but if you like I can give you an in depth break down tomorrow? :/

I will say, my fundamental worry isn't the A.I. itself, it's the question of how well we'll handle that kind of power, and what we'll do with it. :/

@natecull @floatoverblow When it comes to A.I. at least, I dont think he's wrong. I was literally kept up for a lot of last night worrying about it. :/

#nowplaying Hide and Seek, by Steve Void & BEAUZ ft. Carly Paige (Medii Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mkKFEBtDik

@dredmorbius Eh, even if you're exploring a dead end, that's still important work. Someone has to chart that out and say "Nope, nothing useful here, try somewhere else." XD

@dredmorbius If you're trying to build upon their ideas and push the envelope forward, then I think that's the opposite of an insult. :/

@dredmorbius I'm still processing. I remember a few years back I was looking at systems theory and trying to come up with something like this? I gave up on it though. XD

@dredmorbius You tagged Denubis again. XD

@dredmorbius Aye, I'd heard that having good water transportation was a huge boon. :/

@dredmorbius I think he already muted replies from the conversation. But yeah, I've heard of applications of mechanical power like that. Pretty cool. XD

@dredmorbius @DenubisX And carrying food long distance to feed animals to drive mechanisms? :/

@DenubisX @dredmorbius Hmm, I hadn't really seen the need for point's of order and boundaries? That might have been an oversight though. If you have the time later, could you come back and say what tat point of order and boundaries might have been? :/

@DenubisX @dredmorbius I mean, no, but I don't see what the point of requesting a pause is? If you have questions, just throw them out there. Until you do, we can;t really do anything but either sit on our hands or talk about what we were talking about.

Also remember, conversations here don';t have to be linear. You can reply to any post. :/