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Ours is the era of inadequate AI alignment theory. Any other facts about this era are relatively unimportant, but sometimes I tweet about them anyway.

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    Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 19 Nov 2016

    Ducks and pigeons are essentially the same plant. We just bred ducks to be sweeter and have shinier peels. Your move, Twitter.

    11:34 AM - 19 Nov 2016
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      1. Tetraspace and Grouping‏ @TetraspaceAdmn 19 Nov 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        Then how come ducks are fruits and pigeons are vegetables? Can't explain that.

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      1. Radek Pietruszewski  🍉‏ @radexp 19 Nov 2016
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        DUCKS DON'T SHIT ON MY BALCONY, ELIEZER

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      1. WHOLESOME IDF WARRIOR‏ @RBX_lua 19 Nov 2016
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        me, a philosopher: takes pegion and puts shiny peels on him "Behold, yudkowsky's duck!"

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      1. Artem Litvinovich‏ @theartlav 19 Nov 2016
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        Words and words are essentially the same words. We just think of different things while saying them.

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      1. Dan Tobias‏ @dantobias 19 Nov 2016
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        If it quacks like a pigeon, it must be an apple.

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      1. Michael Sierchio‏ @msierchio 19 Nov 2016
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        Thanks, I was laboring under the illusion that pigeons and rats are the same plant.

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      2.  🐜 💩 💛‏ @ultimape 19 Nov 2016
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky

        "The trick to domesticating duckweed is going to be how much it will cost per ton to grow this stuff" http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/2714/duckweed-quacks-volumes-of-potential …pic.twitter.com/7f2uhN0wvZ

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      3.  🐜 💩 💛‏ @ultimape 19 Nov 2016
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        "...and is a major source of protein for the population of that subcontinent." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_pea 

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      4.  🐜 💩 💛‏ @ultimape 19 Nov 2016
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        I actually took a picture of duckweed earlier this season and wondered if it was edible... https://www.instagram.com/p/BLKj_emABCv/?taken-by=ultimape …

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      1.  🎃E. Harding 🎃‏ @Enopoletus 19 Nov 2016
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        I think this is why you people stupidly oppose Trump: …https://marginalcounterrevolution.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/trump-and-gravitas/ …

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      1. Tracy Harms‏ @kaleidic 19 Nov 2016
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        Vi a duc? Vi not a chikkin?

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