Anecdata: many in my non-EA/rat social circles of entrepreneurs and investors are engaging with this for the first time.
And, to my surprise (given the optimistic nature of entrepreneurs/VCs) they aren’t just being reflexive techno-optimists, they’re taking the ideas seriously and, since Bankless, “Eliezer” is becoming a first name-only character.
Eliezer said he’s an accelerationist in basically everything except AI and gain-of-function bio and that seems to resonate. AI is Not Like The Other Problems.
“I’m an accelerationist for solar power, nuclear power to the extent it hasn’t been obsoleted by solar power and we might as well give up but I’m still bitter about it, geothermal, genetic engineering, neuroengineering, FDA delenda est, basically everything except GoF bio and AI”
Anecdata: many in my non-EA/rat social circles of entrepreneurs and investors are engaging with this for the first time.
And, to my surprise (given the optimistic nature of entrepreneurs/VCs) they aren’t just being reflexive techno-optimists, they’re taking the ideas seriously and, since Bankless, “Eliezer” is becoming a first name-only character.
Eliezer said he’s an accelerationist in basically everything except AI and gain-of-function bio and that seems to resonate. AI is Not Like The Other Problems.
Curious, is he accelerationist in atomically precise manufacturing?
“I’m an accelerationist for solar power, nuclear power to the extent it hasn’t been obsoleted by solar power and we might as well give up but I’m still bitter about it, geothermal, genetic engineering, neuroengineering, FDA delenda est, basically everything except GoF bio and AI”
https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1629725763175092225?t=A-po2tuqZ17YVYAyrBRCDw&s=19