If you wanted another reason to hate Harry Potter, here's a rabbit hole to go down into how a HP fan fic author brought you all of the worst parts of Silicon Valley bullshit for the last decade or two.
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"One of the main interests of the rationalist community is combating existential risk posed by the emergence of an artificial superintelligence. Many members of the rationalist community believe that it is one of the only communities that has a chance at saving humanity from extinction.
The stress associated with this consequential responsibility has been a contributing factor to mental health crises among several rationalists."
"Rational" my ass.
Sometimes it feels like I'm the wild eyed conspiracy theorist just trying to explain just how crazy all this bullshit is. But it's REAL! And they openly brag about it. It's not even like something I made up - they'll have whole conventions and shit talking about their Rationalist bullshit. But it never gets talked about outside of fringe corners.
@JessTheUnstill so, as far as i can tell the only reason this isn't more widely talked about is because they've built an entire culture specifically to make this a reality,
https://theasterisk.substack.com/p/reflecting-on-a-few-very-very-strange
(people get mad at me for lumping tpot in with tescreal. as you can see, i have reason to do this)
@estelle @JessTheUnstill lol yes that's not even does it walk like a duck, it's which pond the duck is in this afternoon
