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1. brooks+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-09-30 16:14:35
It’s so funny that pretty much everyone recognizes that individuals are smarter than groups, but somehow Evil Companies pull off one decades-long too-secret conspiracy after another, while the individuals who make up those Evil Companies are just monkeys.

It’s a very strange möbius loop of self-contradiction.

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2. lm2846+37[view] [source] 2023-09-30 16:54:41
>>brooks+(OP)
Quite literally the opposite of my point but if you rewrite the argument and answer it like that it sure makes you look like a smart monkey

> Evil Companies pull off one decades-long too-secret conspiracy after another

Famous conspiracies such as DDT, asbestos, freon, lead in gas, lead in paint, madcow disease, &c.

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3. brooks+jB[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-30 20:00:03
>>lm2846+37
Not every mistake is a conspiracy. I’d argue those are examples of companies being monkeys rather than malign superintelligences.
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