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The article specifically defines the rationalists it’s talking about: “The rationalist community was drawn together by AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky’s blog p
by pavlov 1y ago
The article specifically defines the rationalists it’s talking about:
“The rationalist community was drawn together by AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky’s blog post series The Sequences, a set of essays about how to think more rationally.”
Is this really a large body of disparate people spread around the world? I suspect not.
- animuchan 1y agoNot sure how to define "drawn together", but the anecdata is: about half of my friends love Yudkowsky's works; they live all across US, EU and Middle Eastern countries. So I suspect yes, it's a large body of loosely coupled people.
- BlueTemplar 1y agoDefine "large" : https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/fall-meetups-everywhere-call-for https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/fall-meetups-everywhere-cal... (One of the largest subgroups AFAIK ?) (They still seem to be leaning heavily USA-based, and in particular California-based.)
- Viliam1234 1y agoMaybe a better link would be to the previous wave of meetups, because some places join the event at the last moment: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/meetups-everywhere-spring-2025-times https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/meetups-everywhere-spring-2...
- BrawnyBadger53 1y agoIt's large in the sense that it's not a single well connected group. There are subgroups within the rationalists
- stickfigure 1y ago"Self-proclaimed rationalists" is a much broader group than people who read Yudkowsky.
- giardini 1y agoArticle (and this thread) is blog spam. Arguments about who is/not a cult member (regardless of affiliation) don't seem relevant to HN. Perhaps HN should flag the thread.