Notices by Dan Hon (danhon@dan.mastohon.com), page 3

@skinnylatte heyyy

I had to go away for a bit but I'm back now.

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Democrat donation texts but it's Sam Altman begging for more of your data so he can birth his AGI.

Hey there, it's Sam Altman again. I'm going to be honest with you.

I'm stepping up and NEED YOUR HELP to unlock AGI. If we don't do it first, our enemies will. Our team needs all the data it can get, and it's getting close.

That's where you come in. We need more data. Every bit helps.

-- Sam

Team OpenAI here. Sam asked us to reach out and confirm your status before our critical month of launching the next ChatGPT.

This is a BIG DEADLINE with JUST HOURS until we reach our data goal and we need your help. If you don't chip in with your data, who will?

Dan, it's Sam again. I've got to say, I'm worried.

Good news: our big donors have been all-in on our data drive.

Bad news? Our grassroots efforts are FAILING. Our opponents' scare tactics are working. WE NEED YOUR DATA DONATIONS to get us to AGI together.

If we don't birth AGI, who will?

Dan, it's Sam Altman again and I'm in trouble.

In the race to build AGI for all, I'm falling behind.

I know you've supported me before, but I need to know if you're with me now.

Will you share at least 10 more gigabytes of personal training data?

With stakes this high, we have to win.

https://donotreply.cards/de/do-not-explain-fascism-to-me

if you're a technologist, your pitch right now better not be “twitter's arab spring, but for america!!!!” or you too will get it in the face

hey nerds I made a t-shirt for you

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What's a stupid addictive videogame I can start playing tomorrow morning and consume my entire attention leaving no quarter for the next few days that isn't Balatro?

never underestimate what someone with decades of finely-honed adhd can accomplish in the seven minutes before a deadline

yes excellent what if you pretend the trolley lever isn't there and refuse to use it and instead fervently hope that someday someone will implement a carbon neutral/negative public funded multi-modal transit system that achieves vision zero great job

I will stipulate that not choosing is also a decision. I also think it's a grossly irresponsible, privileged, and selfish one. I also accept that feeling you have to choose is indeed not a choice and one where having to choose is excruciatingly emotionally, mentally, physically painful.

I am not saying anything that hasn't been said in a million ways already.

The actual choice is between better-than-catastrophic and catastrophic.

There is, and "unfortunately" is nowhere near a strong enough word to convey what is happening, No. Other. Choice.

Like, let me put this in Star Trek terms.

It's a Kobayashi Maru. There is no winning here, there is no outcome where everyone gets saved.

It's an exercise and a test for what you do when you can't win and no matter what you do, unconscionable things will keep happening to differing degrees.

"It's a Kobayashi Maru. There is no winning here, there is no outcome where everyone gets saved."

You don't get to cheat, like Kirk did. There is no rule to break, no loophole to find and exploit, no last-minute respite.

There is just better-than-catastrophic and catastrophic.

Teen Vogue puts it better than me, because somehow it's always lately fallen to Teen Vogue to be a fucking beacon:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kamala-harris-but-a-donald-trump-win-would-be-catastrophic

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