> Yudkowsky doesn't strike me as a crank. Why do you say that? He is a minor internet celebrity whose only claim to fame is writing fanfiction about AI, the wh

> Yudkowsky doesn't strike me as a crank. Why do you say that? He is a minor internet celebrity whose only claim to fame is writing fanfiction about AI, the whole "rationality" cult, and is a self-proclaimed expert on matters where he shows no achievements (like AI) while making unsupported doomsday predictions about evil AI, the Singularity, etc. Also, that deal with Roko's Basilisk that he now wishes never occurred (oh, yes, "it was a joke"). Mostly, someone with no studies and no achievements making wild doomsday predictions. Doesn't that strike you as a crank? An analogy would be if I made wild assertions about the physics of the universe without having studied physics, without any lab work, without engaging in discussion with qualified experts, with no peer reviews, and all I presented as evidence of my revolutionary findings about the universe was some fanfiction in my blog. Oh, and I created the Extraordinary Physics Institute.