Tag: morality ethics

Everyone is trying to map AI onto some familiar ontology, but the reality will be so unfamiliar, foreign, & incomprehensible that it will tear to shreds the assumptions which we didn’t even know we made

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

Ppl tend to think about AI through very very narrow frames

Obviously, there’s many who default to AI=unemployment issue

Or the tech folks who see it as crypto 2.0 or merely as big as the internet

But it goes way deeper.

(1/3)

Even EA’s will think about AI primarily in terms of “is it an X-risk? yes or no” and then go back to debating the ‘moral worth’ of animals, totally ignoring the prospect of digital minds that will shortly have arbitrarily large amounts of whatever they define as ‘moral worth’

Everyone is trying to map AI onto some familiar ontology, but the reality will be so unfamiliar, foreign, & incomprehensible that it will tear to shreds the assumptions which we didn’t even know we made

We are going to live through this and are only seeing glimpses of it now

Originally tweeted by Alt Man Sam (@mezaoptimizer) on April 26, 2023.

Buddhists may be better prepared than anyone. Not a boast, just a statement. ABN

7 years apart

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

First Video is me a week before meeting with the endocrinologist.

The second video is me speaking at a
De-trans Awareness Day panel for the screening of Affirmation Generation.

Oh, how things can change in 7 years.
I miss my sweet little naive voice.🥲

Originally tweeted by Estella (@OfTheFutureArt) on April 25, 2023.

Thoughts on Tucker Carlson’s Firing

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

….Prior to 2021, Tucker Carlson was what you might call a Fox News loyalist.  He was very loyal to the organization.  During the COVID-19 era, Tucker Carlson moved his physical location away from Washington DC to his home in Maine.  Fox built him a studio, and Carlson manifest his own destiny free from most production constraints.

Over the past 18+/- months, viewers have watched Tucker Carlson essentially red pill himself each evening.  As he enjoyed the proximity freedom far away from the Eye of Sauron (DC’s control mechanism), Carlson’s eyes opened further to the reality of the situation that blankets our national consciousness.

Disconnected from the machine, free-range in his abilities, and with the intellectual curiosity of the average person, Tucker Carlson started to see the U.S. system as it is, not as media pretend it to be.  This is the increasing red pill absorption you have noted daily.  Along with that came a more pragmatic and brutally honest production quality to the content he shared.

Carlson’s influence grew as the audience grew; the more truth he spoke, the larger the audience.  That free-range influence became a liability to the system operators that hold power, including Rupert Murdoch who is a part of that control system.  In essence, and in the big picture, that’s what led to this event today.

link

Even if you are not interested in Carlson, this is worth reading. Says a lot about where USA is today. ABN

Trump tells top RNC donors the old GOP is not coming back—they must now become the new America First party of the working class—and lays out plan for nationwide Republican ballot harvesting operation

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

President Donald Trump delivered remarks to the Republican National Convention donors retreat in Nashville over the weekend, giving donors a sneak peak at what they could expect both from his candicacy, and from his potential second term.

Trump focused on long term and short term goals when it comes to voting. He expressed his desire to secure the vote with paper ballots only, eventually. Before that can be achieved, however, Republicans must become masters of ballot harvesting. In the short term, where drop boxes cannot be eliminated, Trump insisted that we need them in every church and veteran center. 

link

This is the kind of realism we need. And not just for ballots. There are many other pressing national issues that must be addressed realistically, factually, and in simple terms. I don’t care how much the left screams, we need realism. And that starts with WINNING THE ELECTION and the ONLY GAME IN TOWN IS BALLOT HARVESTING. Ballot harvesting is fundamentally nasty, even immoral, but it will get the job done. If we do not fight back and play their game even harder, we will to lose USA forever. ABN

‘If detransition is real, the whole “gender identity” house of cards collapses’ — Ed Diehl, OR state rep

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

I received confirmation this week from Legislative Legal Council that House Bill 2002-A specifically EXCLUDES DETRANSITION TREATMENTS from insurance coverage.

With this bill, Medicaid and private insurance are mandated to cover treatments when your “gender identity” and sex don’t align. But, if you believe you have made a mistake and want a procedure to align with your sex, coverage will not be mandated. 

The wording in the bill is intentional.

…SO HERE IS THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE: To detransition is to demonstrate that gender identity is not immutable. 

By including detransition treatment coverage in the bill, the true believers would be acknowledging that detransition is real, that some children and young adults are being harmed, and that the professionals can be wrong. And that is something they simply cannot admit. 

link

Court Filing: Kamala Harris, Merrick Garland Violate US Code, Have No Oath of Office on File

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

A new court filing reveals that Kamala Harris, Merrick Garland, and other leading Democrats in the Biden Administration, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandra Mayorkis, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, have no oath of loyalty to the US Constitution on file, as required by law.

A writ of quo warranto filed in Washington, DC asserts that oaths of office for high-ranking members of Joe Biden’s cabinet are nowhere to be found, in blatant violation of the US Code that requires all elected officials to keep a sworn affidavit of their oath on file, proving their sworn continued allegiance to the United States and the US Constitution.

link

This is serious, and offending parties still have not produced their oaths or addressed the issue. Not signing the oath, ironically, does show they understand its importance. ABN

Washington State Democrats Pass Bill Allowing Government to Take Children from Parents Who Refuse Gender Transition Surgeries

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

The Washington State Legislature has passed SB 5599, a bill that allows the state to take children away from their parents if they refuse to consent to their child’s gender transition surgeries. The bill was passed with the support of all Democrats and the opposition of all Republicans.

According to the legislation, certified shelters can contact the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) in lieu of parents in certain instances, such as when a youth is seeking reproductive health services or gender-affirming care. The bill is designed to provide housing options to those in crisis and ensure that at-risk youth have a roof over their heads during an already challenging period in their life.

However, critics of the bill have raised concerns about the government’s ability to interfere in parental decision-making and take children away from their families. Some have argued that the bill infringes upon the fundamental rights of parents to make decisions about their children’s health and well-being.

link

UN report calls for decriminalization of all sexual activity, including between adults and children

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

A new report from the United Nations has called for all forms of drug use and sexual activity to be decriminalized globally.

Written by the International Committee of Jurists (ICJ), UNAIDS and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the report was released on International Women’s Day, with the goal of guiding “the application of international human rights law to criminal law.” Called the “8 March principles,” the report calls for offenses related to “sex, drug use, HIV, sexual and reproductive health, homelessness and poverty” to be decriminalized.

The United Nations experts say that criminalizing offenses related to these issues constitute an attack on human rights.

link

Medical treatment today, an image and a comment

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

I just spent some time in the hospital and it was good to see and deal with the medical people. All were great, conscientious, downhome, and well-trained. It is also clear the entire hospital operates under a protocol authority, which has also been trained into them. This can be very good—I was asked multiple times which side my hernia was on, the doctor asked me and checked his records and only then initialed the correct side while visually confirming it with me. They did this level of checking at every step. As a FIML practitioner, I loved it because we need much more of that interpersonally. Anyway, people who control the top of hospital protocol—and that means DOD for covid—are the main ones who committed gross moral and professional malfeasance, to put it mildly. As you go down the pyramid, we have to be more and more forgiving. Interpret that how it fits your experience. Mine was excellent. The op went great and I feel wonderful and very grateful to all of those healthcare workers. ABN

This thread unveils the [plandemic] bad guys’ deeds that must not be allowed to fall into oblivion

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

🧵THREAD: In an age of alleged pandemic urgency, supposed good intentions have led to discrimination against the unvaccinated and coercion for gene therapies. This thread unveils the bad guys’ deeds that must not be allowed to fall into oblivion.

A special note of disapproval.⬇️

#1 Thank you to all the citizen journalists for calling out the nefarious activities of the government and stopping the Mary Poppins-singing censor czar @wiczipedia from scheming to infringe upon the people’s right to free speech.

#2 Thank you, @BillGates, for finally admitting that your vaccines don’t stop transmission and don’t stop infection. Now, please stop buying up farmland and injecting our food with mRNA.

Continue reading “This thread unveils the [plandemic] bad guys’ deeds that must not be allowed to fall into oblivion” →

Justin Bieber tells why he turned down being a billionaire

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

…Bieber was a regular at a Bible study class held at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills and in July 2017 he shared with the congregation what he described as a “horrific story” and explained why he felt he had to quit his world tour.

Describing a party – attended by the upper echelon of the music business, including executive VPs of development, producers, power agents and international financiers – Bieber said he was encouraged to sexually abuse a young child who had been bought to the party for the sexual gratification of the industry elite.

“I didn’t want to do this. I really didn’t. They said this kid was drugged, it was horrible,” Bieber said, explaining that it was made clear to him that he would gain entry to the “business side of the industry” if he “joined the club” by passing the initiation rites.

“I wouldn’t just be a performer, I’d be a mogul. That path would open up for me, like it did for Jay-Z.”

“It’s the difference between being a millionaire and being a billionaire.”

But Bieber told the congregation that he couldn’t do it.

“To join the club I’d have to do bad things to this poor kid. But then I realized that even that wasn’t enough for them. I’d also have to kill this little child.”

Bieber said he had heard rumors about this type of initiation in the music industry, but he had not been confronted with it before.

“I got told they secretly film these parties. Once they’ve got you on video doing something like that, they own you.”

Bieber said his conscience is clear because he didn’t participate, but the fate of the drugged child is haunting him.

“They said this kid was raped by a few different guys. They said he was bleeding. I got out of there but I heard he died and that haunts me.”

link

Women swimmers WON’T have to race against trans athletes under new rules from Swim England: Sport’s governing body will bring in separate ‘female’ and ‘open’ categories for competitions from September

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

Women swimmers will not have to compete against transgender competitors in licensed events under new rules from Swim England.

The sport’s governing body has introduced an ‘open’ category for those born male as well as trans or non-binary competitors, while a ‘female’ category will be restricted to those with a birth sex of female.

The policy comes into effect on September 1 and will apply to competitions under Swim England’s auspices including those organised by member regions and clubs.

Swim England said hormonal therapy reduced performance advantage but was ‘insufficient to negate it completely and trans females therefore likely retain an advantage over their cisgender peers’.

link

Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down — Eliezer Yudkowsky

~ ABN ~ Leave a comment

…To visualize a hostile superhuman AI, don’t imagine a lifeless book-smart thinker dwelling inside the internet and sending ill-intentioned emails. Visualize an entire alien civilization, thinking at millions of times human speeds, initially confined to computers—in a world of creatures that are, from its perspective, very stupid and very slow. A sufficiently intelligent AI won’t stay confined to computers for long. In today’s world you can email DNA strings to laboratories that will produce proteins on demand, allowing an AI initially confined to the internet to build artificial life forms or bootstrap straight to postbiological molecular manufacturing.

If somebody builds a too-powerful AI, under present conditions, I expect that every single member of the human species and all biological life on Earth dies shortly thereafter.

There’s no proposed plan for how we could do any such thing and survive. OpenAI’s openly declared intention is to make some future AI do our AI alignment homework. Just hearing that this is the plan ought to be enough to get any sensible person to panic. The other leading AI lab, DeepMind, has no plan at all.

link

The problem with AI is a gigantic version of the problems all humans face in interpersonal relations—trust. ABN