Some hypotheses:
it’s just incredibly trippy in a visceral sense. As someone else said, this reads like an SCP.
Further, it got popular outside lesswrong, and has brought in new users and activated old ones.
Even further, it’s actual progress on understanding an AI,
Further still, it’s extremely easy to replicate key parts with a free AI anyone can try
Some hypotheses:
it’s just incredibly trippy in a visceral sense. As someone else said, this reads like an SCP.
Further, it got popular outside lesswrong, and has brought in new users and activated old ones.
Even further, it’s actual progress on understanding an AI,
Further still, it’s extremely easy to replicate key parts with a free AI anyone can try