Turns out the Torment Nexus was just democratizing Venture Capital's desire for infinite growth.

I misread your comment as being about Vulture Capital. I think I like that :)

tdeck 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's an uncharitable take. Those VCs care very deeply about society, that's why they're funding so much research into the Torment Singularity (and giving so many talks about it) and making sure that the Right People get the Torment Nexus first so "we" can decide how it gets used.

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Eddy_Viscosity2 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Has any big-tech company every used "Torment Nexus" unironically as some new project name, or any startup used is their company/product name? I feel its close if it hasn't happened already. I mean the unironic use.

	▲	jfil a day ago \| parent [-]
		Palantir

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giraffe_lady 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The paperclip maximizer is us.

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gnarlouse 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Unironically: we worry about the ASI control problem but can't even reign in our billionaires

	▲	lunar_mycroft 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I look at it more like "the fact that we can't align humans/human institutions strongly suggests we won't be able to align something as alien as AGI is likely to be"

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katabasis 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's capitalism – the true "artificial intelligence" that has been organizing human life for the last ~200 years or so.

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zitsarethecure 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It always was.

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lioeters 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Seeking VC funding now for OpenTormentNexus: Democratize the nightmare.

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honkostani 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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