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> Also: is SBF really the central example of alignment in your head, and not, say Yudkowsky? Because Yudkowsky is my central example, and he's the exact opposit
by polygamous_bat 4y ago
> Also: is SBF really the central example of alignment in your head, and not, say Yudkowsky? Because Yudkowsky is my central example, and he's the exact opposite on all counts.
For normal people who don't spend six hours every day on lesswrong, they were literally in the same camp up until about six months ago (when all the "rationalists" violently disclaimed SBF after being funded by him for a few good years.)
- ben_w 4y agoBearing in mind that I don't spend 6 hours a day on lesswrong (or even per month, not even if I include podcasts tangentially inspired by it), and I hadn't even heard of SBF until his crypto-thingie did what I expect every crypto-thingie to do, that caricature you're painting is going to be one of those ones that need a lot of labels on everything.