Some of the memes you referenced do seem “cringe” to me, but people have different senses of humor. I’m not sure what the issue is with someone posting memes they personally find funny.
If you disagree with the point that the memes are making, that’s different, but can you give an example of something in one of the memes she posted that you thought was invalid reasoning? You called her content “dark arts tactics” and said:
“It feels like it is trying to convince me of something rather than make me smarter about something. It feels like it is trying to convey feelings at me rather than facts.”
but you’ve only explained how it’s making you feel instead of what message it’s conveying.
Typically I agree with the underlying facts behind her memes! For example I also think AI safety is a pressing issue. If her memes were funny I would instead be writing a post about how awesome it is that Kat Woods is everywhere. My main objection is that I do not like the packaging of the ideas she is spreading. For example the memes are not funny. (See the outline of this post: content, vibes, conduct.)
You asked for an example of Kat Woods content that aims to convince rather than educate. Here is one recent example. I feel like the packaging of this meme conveys: “all of the objections you might have to the idea of X-risk via AI can actually be easily be debunked, therefore you would be stupid to not believe X-risk via AI”.
In reality, questions regarding likelihood of x-risk via AI are really tricky. Many thoughtful people have thought about these problems at great length and declared them to be hard and full of uncertainty. I feel like this meme doesn’t convey this at all. Therefore, I’m not sure whether it is good for peoples’ brains to consume this content. I will certainly say it’s not good for my brain to consume this content.
Some of the memes you referenced do seem “cringe” to me, but people have different senses of humor. I’m not sure what the issue is with someone posting memes they personally find funny.
If you disagree with the point that the memes are making, that’s different, but can you give an example of something in one of the memes she posted that you thought was invalid reasoning? You called her content “dark arts tactics” and said:
but you’ve only explained how it’s making you feel instead of what message it’s conveying.
Typically I agree with the underlying facts behind her memes! For example I also think AI safety is a pressing issue. If her memes were funny I would instead be writing a post about how awesome it is that Kat Woods is everywhere. My main objection is that I do not like the packaging of the ideas she is spreading. For example the memes are not funny. (See the outline of this post: content, vibes, conduct.)
You asked for an example of Kat Woods content that aims to convince rather than educate. Here is one recent example. I feel like the packaging of this meme conveys: “all of the objections you might have to the idea of X-risk via AI can actually be easily be debunked, therefore you would be stupid to not believe X-risk via AI”.
In reality, questions regarding likelihood of x-risk via AI are really tricky. Many thoughtful people have thought about these problems at great length and declared them to be hard and full of uncertainty. I feel like this meme doesn’t convey this at all. Therefore, I’m not sure whether it is good for peoples’ brains to consume this content. I will certainly say it’s not good for my brain to consume this content.