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since we both have the High IQ feat you should be agreeing with me, after all we share the same privileged access to absolute truth. That we aren’t must mean you are unaligned/need to be further cleansed of thetans.

They have to agree, it's mathematically proven by Aumann's Agreement Theorem!

Unhinged is another suitable adjective.

It's noteworthy that how the operations plan seems to boil down to "follow you guts" and "trust the vibes", above "Communicating Well" or even "fact-based" and "discussion-based problem solving". It's all very don't think about it, let's all be friends and serve the company like obedient drones.

This reliance on instincts, or the esthetics of relying on instincts, is a disturbing aspect of Rats in general.

I love the notion that the tension between the two was "created out of thin air," and the solution is to drag both parties into it and make them say "either I agree with you or I'm a big stupid dummy who doesn't care about my company."

As cringe as "wave function collapse" and "uncanny valley" are for the blatant misuse here, "alignment" is just another rich asshole meme right now. "Alighnment" is just a fancy way to say "agreeing with me." They want employees "aligned" with their "vision" aka indulging every stupid whim without pushback. They want AI to be "aligned" too and are extremely frightened that because they understand absolutely nothing about computers, there's a possibility a machine might NOT do whatever stupid thing they say, so every software needs backdoors and "alignment" to ensure the CEO always has a way to force their will.

WFC appears to just mean concepts that he doesn't understand or doesn't know about. He's mistaken the idea that things can be in a complex mix of states for "things haven't gone my way yet, or I don't know what I want." Uncanny Valley he appears to think just means "when I'm uncomfortable and not getting my way." He, of course, mixes his metaphors and starts talking about "collapsing the valley" which is not a thing.

Fucking moron.

the amazing bit here is that SBF's degree is in physics, he knows the real meanings of the terms he's using for bad LW analogies

Ayn Rand and Gene Ray would agree, at least with the principle.

If you spend as many words as Yud does, you could actually teach quantum mechanics. But his goal isn't to teach physics; it's to convince the reader that physicists are all wrong about physics. It's cult shit disguised as a science lesson.

Yeah but the remarks about “wave function collapse” are not about QM, they are cargo cult stuff. To create the appearance of being learned and smart.

QED.

How can anyone take a fanfic writer seriously.

What I think happened is that he got confused by the half mirror phase shifts (because theres only a phase shift if you reflect off the front of the mirror, not the back). Instead of asking someone, he invented his own weird system which gets the right answer by accident, and then refused to fix the mistake ever, saying that the alternate system is fine because it's "simpler".

The most charitable reading of this is that, removed from context, it is an attempt to bridge some kind of gap (i.e. an “uncanny valley”) between two companies, that gap being some amalgamation of communication issues, values differences, work styles, really just every aspect of a company’s identity. So it’s fucking hilarious that he has chosen to write this doc using the most esoteric, faux-philosophical, alienating drivel possible.

WITH context, however, it is even more absurd. It’s still the above, with an extra undercoat of trying to resolve a love triangle between at least two rat-dorks. Truly a masterpiece.

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