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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

shocked to hear that Brian Chau, executive director of e/acc aligned AI "think tank" Alliance for the Future, has a habit of spewing jawdropping racism and sexism on main

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shocked to hear that Brian Chau, executive director of e/acc aligned AI "think tank" Alliance for the Future, has a habit of spewing jawdropping racism and sexism on main

www.transformernews.ai

David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago
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Alliance for the Future director Brian Chau has history of racist, sexist remarks
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In a post on AI regulation, Chau falsely claimed George Floyd was a "domestic abuser"
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    amolitor on twitter:

    lesswrong is the velvet underground of AI idiocy. very few people bought any of the albums but every single one of those started a think tank.

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      Well that’s a haunting thought

      Starts all casual and then suckerpunches you

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        this song’s called “adderall”, it’s about adderall

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          this song’s called “waiting for my sam,” it’s about adderall

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            You know, I’m about to attend an event at a place of historical significance in ye olde ZA (and surprisingly I haven’t been to this one before)

            And yet this is still going to stick in my brain

            Goddammit David :P

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              this song’s called “Sister Ray”, it’s 37 seconds long

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                this song’s called “Metal Machine Music”, it literally is about a close relative of adderall

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