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xkcd #3137: Cursed Number (infosec.pub)

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xkcd #3137: Cursed Number

Title text:

Another group of mathematicians is working to put an upper bound on the number, although everyone keeps begging them to stop.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3137/

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Sounds like those stupid Rationalist cult groups who spend their time coming up with AI fantasies, and claim some thought-experiments are so powerful they'll ruin your mind - real immature stuff. Deserves to be lampooned like this.