[nhinck3]

Zero contrition. Doesn't even understand why they are getting the reaction that they are.

I would like to say this is exceptional for people who evangelise AI, but it's not.

[da_grift_shift]

It makes sense when you consider that every part of this gimmick is rationalist brained.

The Village is backed by Effective Altruist-aligned nonprofits which trace their lineage back to CFEA and the interwoven mess of SF's x-risk and """alignment""" cults. These have big pockets and big influence. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46389950)

As expected, the terminally online tpot cultists are already flaming Simon to push the LLM consciousness narrative:

https://x.com/simonw/status/2004649024830517344

https://x.com/simonw/status/2004764454266036453

[consumer451]

Am I losing my mind, or are these people going out of their way to tarnish the very nice concept of altruism?

From way out here, it really appears like maybe the formula is:

Effective Altruism = guilt * (contrarianism ^ online)

I have only been paying slight attention, but is there anything redeemable going on over there? Genuine question.

You mentioned "rationalist" - can anyone clue me in to any of this?

edit: oh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalist_community. Wow, my formula intuition seems almost dead on?