Connor Leahy

We find that use of model-generated content in training causes irreversible defects in the resulting models, where tails of the original content distribution disappear.

...denn durch das Begreifen entfaltet der Mensch seinen Geist und erfasst die Dinge, doch durch das Nicht-Begreifen macht er die Dinge aus sich selbst, verwandelt sich in sie und wird selbst zum Ding

Guter Guardian Artikel über Akzelerationismus, Nick Land, Warwick University

https://toniloh.de/publikationen-publications/buecher-books/

I suspect Epstein and other wealthy elites are drawn to transhumanism because they are deeply unhappy with the way the world is, despite their unfathomable wealth, power and privilege. They want out, and transhumanism provides the ultimate escape hatch.

Decades ago Neil Postman observed in Amusing Ourselves to Death that we haven’t been conquered by technology — we’ve surrendered to it because we like the stimulation and cheap amusement. More recently, Nicholas Carr concludes in Superbloom that we’re complicit in our loneliness because we embrace these superficial, mediated forms of connection. Like Postman and Carr, the Progressive Era reformers understood where they had agency when technology upended their world. It isn’t in demanding that others fix systems we willingly participate in, nor is it in outright rejecting technologies that deliver real benefits — it’s in changing how we ourselves live with and make use of the tools that surround us.