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Is lesswrong associated with Sama somehow? I thought it was a site for discussing rationalism. Long essays about how to make better decisions and such.
by lordnacho 3y ago
Is lesswrong associated with Sama somehow? I thought it was a site for discussing rationalism. Long essays about how to make better decisions and such.
- adamisom 3y agoAGI x-risk was popularized there, it was always an attractor for the new AI alignment field
- charia 3y agoI'm not sure if there's any history of financial association, but I do know that all of these people generally travel in the same circles. When I went to college in Berkeley I went to a couple rationalism adjacent events in the city and saw there was a huge overlap of that EA/Rationalism/Silicon Valley startups people. Never saw Sam Altman at those, but met a couple YC founders and other people who knew him and spoke generally well of him.
- AgentME 3y agoAI is one of the primary topics on LessWrong.
- jdminhbg 3y agoLesswrong is ground zero for AI doomers, so this is right in their wheelhouse.
- greenhatman 3y agoLess wrong is created by Eliezer Yudkowsky. Someone who is very outspoken against AI development, because of the fears around AI destroying humanity. Once went as far as calling for the bombing of AI researchers and/or data centers, if I remember correctly.
- nearbuy 3y agoThis makes it sound like he called for terrorist attacks. He said something along the lines that countries should make an agreement to stop AGI research, and if a rogue nation starts developing advanced AGI anyway, other countries should be willing to call an airstrike on the datacenter. Because he believes AGI is that dangerous.