Pete Garcin @rawktron

Sci-Fi Author "Mercury's Shadow" + "Chimera's Prism" as PJ Garcin. Dad. Director of Product at ActiveState. Games, music+audio. https://t.co/rDzJa8WnSV pjgarcin.com Canada Joined September 2008

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

a year ago

Not even really sure how to keep up with developments. Finding possible Dyson Spheres, NVidia pushing humanoid robots, AI clones proxy-working for you. If you're interested in these maybe check out my series The Kardashev Cycle which has all of these? books2read.com/kardashev

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

It took so long and was super tedious and is probably not for everyone, but both my website and mailing list are now totally controlled by me. So no more substack or squarespace or mailerlite. Yay? pjgarcin.com

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François Chollet @fchollet

2 years ago

We can't say with certainty whether AI will ever pose an existential risk to humans given an infinite timeline. But what we *can* say with absolute certainty is that there is no direct path from current technology to a "hostile AI takeover" scenario -- whatsoever. Worrying about…

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Yann LeCun @ylecun

2 years ago

But seriously folks, this a short and juicy tirade in which I say: (0) there will be superhuman AI in the future (1) they will be under our control (2) they will not dominate us nor kill us (3) they will mediate all of our interactions with the digital world (4) hence, they will…

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Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg

2 years ago

@geoffreyhinton I'd like to respectfully point out that the logic in this argument is based on a flawed model for how scientists think. Scientists don't just take a weighted average of others' opinions to form their own. A good scientist takes as input lots of data, including others' opinions,…

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Monster Bath Games @realMonsterBath

2 years ago

Just a friendly reminder that #DeathwishEnforcers is coming to #Steam very soon! Going through the motions to get it finalized now. Waiting on the store page approval. Check out the trailer on our YouTube channel!

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

If ever there was a case for all AI development to be open source--it's this past weekend. Stuff this transformational should not be owned or governed by small groups.

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

Absolutely spectacular display of incompetence and naiveté by OpenAI's board. Biggest own goal in history.

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Monster Bath Games @realMonsterBath

2 years ago

#Giveaway time! Like, RT and follow (us) @realMonsterBath & @Monsterbathlina And #wishlist #GuardGrave on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2681120/Gu… Prize is a $100(CDN) Steam Gift Card! Ends Nov 24th at 5 PM Atlantic Time. Winner will be chosen that evening!

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Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg

2 years ago

@ylecun @geoffreyhinton I agree with Yann on this. The risk of human extinction within 30 years is extremely low -- it likely requires making Earth inhospitable to human life, so that it’s not possible even for small pockets of humans to survive. This could happen from global thermonuclear war,…

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Monster Bath Games @realMonsterBath

2 years ago

GuardGrave is Released! - GuardGrave monsterbathchris.itch.io/guardgrave/dev… #indiegames #indiedev #pixelart #burgertime #arcade The full version has been released and I'm going to do a free demo that will be the first 3 Worlds in the game.

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

Indie August Sale is on and wow the number of amazing books available for either 99c of free is bonkers! Mercury's Shadow is available FREE so no excuse not to start your new favourite space opera adventure! Check it out: promotions.narratess.com

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

Mercury’s Shadow featured on eBookDaily: ebookdaily.com/free-kindle-eb…

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

Ok sure it's the Free chart...still cool to see your book up there. Number 2 in Space Opera! Can it squeak to #1??? I mean...it's free right now, go get it if you haven't! It was a finalist for BBNYA too! #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #amwritingscifi books2read.com/mercuryshadow

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

Finally got an invite: @rawktron.bsky.social since this place is turning into a wasteland.

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

Recently moved my mailing list to Substack and trying post more than just updates. This week is Doom, retro game dev, creativity. open.substack.com/pub/pjgarcin/p…

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

If you're looking for exclusive content from me, you can find mailing list here now: pjgarcin.substack.com

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Pete Garcin @rawktron

2 years ago

Welp you can find me: @[email protected] Will see how this thing is.

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @GreyAlien

2 years ago

This Valve/Steam AI is wild. Whatever your stance on using AI assets it's a messy issue because: 1) How is Valve assessing game assets? Are they running screenshots through an AI checker? Is a human involved (unlikely knowing Valve prefers algos)? 2) What about false positives?🧵