time-sensitive globals TODOs—
-✓ address red team objections to pt. 3
-✓ schedule Friendship Day at Valinor
-✓ apply pro edits to pt. 3
-✓ address auto edit tier to pt. 3
-✓ clear with Alicorn
-✓ fill in needed pt. 4 sections
-✓ send pt. 4 to editors
-✓ clear with Kelsey
-✓ rephrase "everyone-yelling operation" in pt. 5
-✓ clear with Michael/Ben/Jessica
-✓ Kelsey won't elaborate on statutes of limitations
-✓ clear with Steven
-✓ finish and ship "Hrunkner Unnerby"
-✓ revise FTX footnote
-✓ clear with Ray
-✓ finish and ship "Reply to Scott on Autogenderphilia"
-✓ clear with Ruby
-✓ section headers for pt. 3
-✓ revise gender section!!
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-- consult Anna
-- consult Said
-_ clear with Mike/re-clear with Alicorn
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-_ SHIP PT. 3!!
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✓ apply pro edit pt. 4
-_ section headers for pt. 4
-_ apply red team pt. 4
+✓ section headers for pt. 4
+✓ apply red team pt. 4
+_ rewrite pt. 4
+_ consult Anna
+_ consult Said
+_ publish pt. 4
_ finish pt. 5
_ emphasize that 2018 thread was policing TERF-like pronoun usage, not just disapproving of gender-based pronouns
_ https://cognition.cafe/p/on-lies-and-liars
_ cite more sneers; use a footnote to pack in as many as possible
+_ Dawkins and Jerry Coyne
pt. 5 edit tier—
At least I don't have to link the rebuttal myself every time:
https://www.datasecretslox.com/index.php/topic,1553.msg38755.html
https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/10vx6gk/the_categories_were_made_for_man_not_man_for_the/j7k8fjc/
+https://twitter.com/niplav_site/status/1744304380503904616
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"there just wasn't any reliable similarity between biology and AI" is an interesting contrast with the constant use of the evolution analogy despite credible challenges
https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1738464784931025333
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+What if, in addition to physical punishments and Detect Thoughts, Cheliax also had Adjust Thoughts, a "gradient descent for the brain" spell (given a desired behavior, nudge the spell target's psychology to be more likely to emit that behavior)? Does Carissa still have a winning strategy? Assume whatever implementation details make for a good story. (Maybe Cheliax is reluctant to use Adjust Thoughts too much because Asmodeus wants authentic tyrannized humans, and the Adjust Thoughts sculpting makes them less tyrannized?)
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+> One thing is sure, the path that leads to sanity and survival doesn't start with lies or with reasoning by Appeal to (Internal) Consequences.
+https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1743522277835333865