The CCRU is under-discussed in this sphere as a direct influence on the thoughts and actions of key players in AI and beyond.
Land started a creative collective, alongside Mark Fisher, in the 90s. I learned this by accident, and it seems like a corner of intellectual history that’s at least as influential as ie the extropians.
If anyone knows of explicit connections between the CCRU and contemporary phenomena (beyond Land/Fisher’s immediate influence via their later work), I’d love to hear about them.
I agree that there is more of an influence than seems to be talked about. Besides the obvious influence on e/acc and of Land’s AGI opinions (the diagonality thesis, Pythia), the CCRU came up with hyperstitions (https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/hyperstitions), which seems to be a popular concept with the cyborgs.
Maybe they also contributed to the popularity of “Cthulhu” and “Shoggoth” as symbols in some AI circles.
The CCRU is under-discussed in this sphere as a direct influence on the thoughts and actions of key players in AI and beyond.
Land started a creative collective, alongside Mark Fisher, in the 90s. I learned this by accident, and it seems like a corner of intellectual history that’s at least as influential as ie the extropians.
If anyone knows of explicit connections between the CCRU and contemporary phenomena (beyond Land/Fisher’s immediate influence via their later work), I’d love to hear about them.
Yarvin was not part of the CCRU. I think Land and Yarvin only became associates post-CCRU.
updated, thanks!
I agree that there is more of an influence than seems to be talked about. Besides the obvious influence on e/acc and of Land’s AGI opinions (the diagonality thesis, Pythia), the CCRU came up with hyperstitions (https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/hyperstitions), which seems to be a popular concept with the cyborgs.
Maybe they also contributed to the popularity of “Cthulhu” and “Shoggoth” as symbols in some AI circles.