the reason why rationalists are or were afraid of paperclip maximizers is because like most apocalyptic scenarios it was a psychological projection of their shadow self - that is to say, given infinite power a rationalist would paperclip maximize 10/10 times, and so they can't fathom something NOT.

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I admit I'm very keen to learn what sort of security vulnerability Archive of Our Own's technical staff could possibly have discovered that turned a twelve-hour planned maintenance window into a four-week full rebuild, assuming they ever see fit to fully disclose.

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Consider: You can vote AND kick fascist asses, they're not mutually exclusive. You can also vote and then support leftist candidates in primaries, organize protests, and be an issues activist. You can do it all! (Although this dude does none of it, obviously)

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In fact I will say the Earnest and Pious Charismatic Ethnic Minority political figure (AOC, Mamdani, El-Sayed) has been a pretty good bet for the American left so far, whereas the Disaffected Gruff White Guy Showcasing True Masculinity (Fetterman, Platner) has been a worse bet. Just an observation.

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