posted on March 17, 2023 03:12 AM by
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“EAs, worked together, invested in one another’s companies, lived in
communal houses and socialized mainly with each other,”
“the EA ideology causes adherents to treat themselves as little
machines whose purpose is to act according to the EA ideology,”
“At house parties, they spent time “debugging” each other, engaging
in a confrontational style of interrogation that would supposedly yield
more rational thoughts. Sometimes, to probe further, they experimented
with psychedelics and tried “jailbreaking” their minds, to crack open
their consciousness and make them more influential, or “agentic.””
“The mediator repeatedly told Shen to keep the possible repercussions
for the man in mind. “You don’t want to ruin his career,” Shen recalls
her saying. “You want to think about the consequences for the
community.””
Every new thing I learn about LW/EA reminds me of the cult I grew up
in… I always hated that my childhood was the way it was, but recognizing
the rat thing for what it is and not falling for it turned out to be a
silver lining of my early years.
Very good article, TESCREAL really has become a cult. Wish it were
more skeptical about these people’s fears of AI however, it seemed to
take some of them at face value
“EAs, worked together, invested in one another’s companies, lived in communal houses and socialized mainly with each other,”
“the EA ideology causes adherents to treat themselves as little machines whose purpose is to act according to the EA ideology,”
“At house parties, they spent time “debugging” each other, engaging in a confrontational style of interrogation that would supposedly yield more rational thoughts. Sometimes, to probe further, they experimented with psychedelics and tried “jailbreaking” their minds, to crack open their consciousness and make them more influential, or “agentic.””
“The mediator repeatedly told Shen to keep the possible repercussions for the man in mind. “You don’t want to ruin his career,” Shen recalls her saying. “You want to think about the consequences for the community.””
Every new thing I learn about LW/EA reminds me of the cult I grew up in… I always hated that my childhood was the way it was, but recognizing the rat thing for what it is and not falling for it turned out to be a silver lining of my early years.
posted here when it came out
Very good article, TESCREAL really has become a cult. Wish it were more skeptical about these people’s fears of AI however, it seemed to take some of them at face value
“If you didn’t get it, you weren’t smart enough”
Or you were actually smart and saw right through the nonsense.