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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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Aella and company want to put GM bacteria in your mouth (www.lanternbioworks.com)
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“ We have unusually strong marketing connections; Vitalik approves of us; Aella is a marketing advisor on this project; SlateStarCodex is well aware of us. We are quite networked in the Effective Altruism space. We could plausibly get an Elon tweet. ”

From the short investor spiel document. Also they want to just bypass the FDA?

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[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not sure if this is serious or just another investment scam.

[–] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen a similar idea presented by non-commercial/anarchist bio hackers, so this does sound plausible.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Think the issue here is more that it is run by Rationalists, and they ask 20k for it. (and all the other biotech things they want to do bypassing the FDA, like isn't that also a NRx thing, he asked rhetorically).

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These are the same people who scream about gain of function stuff. Like what.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah interesting how there seems to be no big conflict between Scotts 'I have some beige thoughts about the FDA, it is not bad, buttttttt' with Yuds 'BOMBclapALLclapDATACENTERSclap!'