"Writing this kind of document with an uncritical use of constructs like 'superintelligence' and 'alignment' like they’re self-evidently reasonable ontological primitives (like say 'Sun' and 'Moon' for astronomy) rather than deep theological commitments (closer to 'Resurrection' and 'Transubstantiation') is either disingenuousness or an oblivious degree of religiosity." —Venkatesh Rao via
"Docking at Ezhou in the Evening
(written in the war years)
Through a gap in distant clouds
We see the walls of Hanyang
Like a sail floating
Could reach them in a day
The water is so calm
The merchants spend the daylight dozing
We only know the currents
By the calls of the crew at night
In the Xiang country
My grizzled hair turned to autumn
My homeward heart
On this long journey turns to the moon
Sometime during the war
My old farm and fields were lost
But far, far worse
Is the sound of drums by the river"
—Lu Lun via
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