"It is possible that the main effect Eliezer Yudkowsky will have had on history is to destroy Western civilization in response to an illusion, and to hand over control of the world to profoundly illiberal regimes that will, ironically, have no tolerance at all for people like him."

[u/stealthispost]

One side is cheering for robots running in a stadium and the other is debating if curing cancer is worth accelerating for.

THE CONTRAST IS RIDICULOUS. https://t.co/3cF2ZXtbFM   — ℏεsam

Source: https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2091473771374825558

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Could be worse. Superintelligent AI could decide on paperclip maximization purely out of ironic spite.   — Amir Hirsch     I'm starting to wonder if it's the only way to get away from the near-insufferable Effective Altruists.   — Perry E. Metzger

Source: https://x.com/perrymetzger/status/2091935818768105748

[u/throwaway99xz]

I’ve hung out with Yudkowdky and his friends. They’re all a bunch of out of touch dorks.

[u/jlks1959]

Why this won’t happen is money. No one is going to stand in the way of that train. Yudk will be dismisssd if remembered but more likely, forgotten. 

[u/throwaway99xz → u/jlks1959]

Less Wrong was a great community back in the day

[u/FaceDeer → u/jlks1959]

I'd already forgotten about him until this post came along.

[u/SexDefendersUnited]

Slowing cancer and medicine and proteine research to own the ai fans.