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Re: Misalignment Museum

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Yes. AMA

Is it worth visiting?

I wouldn't travel far, but if you're near SF anyway, then it's a nice stop. It's pretty small, just two rooms, so it's not a big thing. I found it interesting to see Audrey Kim (the curator)'s perspective through the exhibit and I also enjoyed meeting fellow museum goers and chatting with them

Re: Misalignment Museum

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I’m loath to reply to a comment that’s either idiotic, propaganda, or a troll, but one word: d/dt

The sources are cited and your comment is against HN policy. If you care to engage with someone more educated than yourself on a topic, I'm happy to debate on fair terms.

You're well aware of the game you're playing, your argumentation is disingenuous. You have reframed and obfuscated the issue of climate change to suit your preferred narrative, and misrepresented the science. You have indulged in ad hominem attack by saying someone here is less educated than you, thereby flouting the site's guidelines while at the same time invoking them to hide behind them.

Regarding the papers you cite, you seem to have misrepresented the views of the authors.

You cite author J Brown [1]. Another of his papers [2] says "increased energy demand and climate consequences of burning fossil fuels will continue to accompany a rapidly urbanizing planet posing major challenges for global sustainability."

You cite a NASA report of a study, saying it denies mass extinction, and suggesting that global warming supports increased life by making polar regions habitable. The report and study do not support your position. The paper itself [3] cites [4] which stresses the importance of minimising climate warming via "net negative emissions". The authors also acknowledge that "most models lack a representation of regionally important ecosystems (peatlands, wetlands)" the destruction of which they note as "negative".

Your citing of glaciation is frankly odd, and again the papers don't support your arguments. For example in [5] the authors say "it was the loss of habitat diversity [...] that triggered a drop in speciation rate, and subsequent loss of biodiversity." Further, they contradict your assertions by pointing out that biodiversity can increase in cooler zones: "cool-water niches were available to be filled, warm-tropical niches did not exist". However, to go further down this rabbit hole would be to indulge in your game of misdirection, and I've no intention of doing that.

In short, your posts in this thread appear entirely untrustworthy and you seem to be acting in bad faith. I notice you've posted climate change 'skeptical' content here previously. You suggest it is others who have been "programmed", but seem reluctant to examine the nature of your own susceptibility to misinformation, which frankly comes across as disdainful and superior.

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James-Brown-37

[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331075555_The_Centr...

[3] https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate3004 and https://sci.bban.top/pdf/10.1038/nclimate3004.pdf

[4] https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1783

[5] https://sci.bban.top/pdf/10.1130/G32679.1.pdf

Re: Misalignment Museum

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This actually brings to mind a conversation I've been having with my buddies recently. Has there ever been a case of harm from AI misalignment? Not some kind of speculative art exhibit, but real harm?

You have put your finger on the crucial question: whether AI research has killed everyone in the past. How overcareful would a person have to be to worry about its happening in the future if it's never happened in the past?

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