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I hate the dark forest more than just about any scifi trope but reality just keeps proving it right.
by sheafification 24d ago
I hate the dark forest more than just about any scifi trope but reality just keeps proving it right.
- recitedropper 24d agoI also think the trope is a little overused, but do wonder if there is an interesting analogy for what this will do to research: Massively incentivize keeping results secret, to avoid being scooped by someone willing to throw enormous compute at your partial solution. So less about hiding civilizations, and more about hiding information. Math is clearly headed in this direction, and I see no reason why the rest of intellectual work shouldn't too.