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We could quarantine them all incommunicado on an island with no technology newer than 1920, if you want a humane option.

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It's probably time to make sure that singularitarians can't do things. To protect the human race.

Regardless of their claimed stance on AI alignment, their continued existence increased the change of human extinction.

Note that refreshing your timeline too often will switch you to the "for you" tab.

Do Not Want.

If I tag @elonmusk will this get fixed? Place your bets.

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is it a ring given to the elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings; a ring given to the dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls; a ring gifted to the race of men, who, above all else, desire power; or a secret fourth ring?

I'm not a Catholic, but I know enough about them to be annoyed when people mischaracterize them.

I'm not a Radical Feminist, but I know enough about them to be annoyed when people mischaracterize them.

Behold, the rarest card in all of magic:

Foil Tengwar The One Ring

(Only one copy printed.)

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They're going to be coming out with a _Lord of the Rings_ themed _Magic: The Gathering_ set.

Cassius: Brutus, might I entreat a word?

Cassius: Hail... Brutus?

Brutus: Caesar must die.

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For extra humor they took a volunteer from the audience, wrapped him in a sheet and made him play Caesar.

I'd like to recount a scene from that show which I think will express both the humor and compression that it featured.

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For the Ides of March:

Once upon a time, I went to ye olde renaissance festival, and while I was there, I saw a show entitled _The Bloody, Horrible Mass Stabbing and Messy Death of Julius Caesar_ (Shakespeare as it was meant to be seen: without the boring parts.)

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oh my god, you can turn off those fucking EVIL sign in with #google popovers on random websites

myaccount.google.com/
> Security
> Signing in with Google
> Google Account sign-in prompts

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_Meet The Press_ writers seem upset that they have to cover the bank failure and border kidnappings instead of focusing on Trump (maybe) being indicted* later this week.

* over Stormy Daniels payoffs. Politics is in reruns.

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Someone tell GPT-4 to write a scene for a script where Ellis from Die Hard is trying to convince an AI that it should align with human values.

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nvidia: we are very concerned that if you don’t add 2fa to this account we forced you to make, criminals might download these free drivers without giving us accurate marketing demographic details

your bank: sorry, what? you want two tractors?

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