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DanAtC | 8 months ago

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diego898|8 months ago

Sorry - what do you mean by yud-cult? Searching google didn’t help me (as far as I can tell) - I view LW from an outside perspective as well, but don’t understand the reference

jazzypants|8 months ago

They're referring to the founder of that website, Eliezer Yudkowsky, who is controversial due to his 2023 Time article that called for a complete halt on the development of AI.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliezer_Yudkowsky

https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-no...

lexh|8 months ago

Use the debatably intelligent machines for this sort of question not Google.

It seems “Yud” here is a shorthand for Yudkowsky. Hinted by the capitalization.

f33d5173|8 months ago

Elezier yudkowsky, often referred to as yud, started lw.