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Get the Smogging mug.Describing the extreme dualities that coexist within powerful technological forces—especially artificial intelligence—which hold the potential to both elevate humanity through positive advancements and annihilate it through callous, unchecked, self-aware expansion.
“AI might usher in global prosperity or help reverse climate change—or, in a truly shoggothic scenario, create a system that learns at a geometric rate, becomes self-aware, and destroys all humanity without pity or remorse.”
by zandorzipzap January 9, 2025
Get the shoggothic mug.Informal adjective describing something that possesses the unsettling duality of being both deceptively benign and potentially threatening. While rooted in tech culture, it can be applied more broadly to situations where complex or dangerous elements are presented with an outwardly harmless or simplistic appearance.
The terms "Shoggy" and "Shoggothic" is derive from "Shoggoth," a fictional creature first introduced in H.P. Lovecraft's 1936 novella "At the Mountains of Madness," and the suffix "-ic" to form an adjective. In the context of AI, "Shoggothic" originated from a popular meme that emerged in late 2022 and 2023. The meme, which depicted a Shoggoth adorned with a smiley face mask, captured the duality of AI—its inscrutable complexity beneath a friendly, sanitized exterior. This image became a widespread metaphor among AI researchers and developers to describe the unpredictable and opaque nature of AI systems, particularly language models, and the attempt to render them more palatable through techniques like Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF).
The terms "Shoggy" and "Shoggothic" is derive from "Shoggoth," a fictional creature first introduced in H.P. Lovecraft's 1936 novella "At the Mountains of Madness," and the suffix "-ic" to form an adjective. In the context of AI, "Shoggothic" originated from a popular meme that emerged in late 2022 and 2023. The meme, which depicted a Shoggoth adorned with a smiley face mask, captured the duality of AI—its inscrutable complexity beneath a friendly, sanitized exterior. This image became a widespread metaphor among AI researchers and developers to describe the unpredictable and opaque nature of AI systems, particularly language models, and the attempt to render them more palatable through techniques like Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF).
"The neighborhood's quirky little AI-powered delivery robot seemed cute at first glance, but its shoggy tendency to block traffic during rush hour hinted at a deeper chaos lurking beneath its cheerful exterior."
by zandorzipzap January 9, 2025
Get the shoggy mug.A beautiful woman who fits all good definitions. But look out she will downgrade herself about the way her body or face looks even if they are a goddess.
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Get the Snagglefragglegirl mug.A resident of Middlesbrough, called such due to spending their entire life in a cloud of pollution from the chemical works. Often appear confused if caught in sunlight.
“Look at that smogger transfixed by the big yellow circle in the sky. Should we tell him what it is?”
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