This can be used by intelligence agencies and governments to completely deny access to specific lines of thought. … Clown attacks include having… degrowthers being the main people talking about the possibility that technological advancement/human capabilities will end it’s net-positive trend.
Does this mean you think intelligence agencies and/or governments are deliberately promoting the degrowth movement in order to discredit the idea of AGI x-risk?
If so, why do you think they are doing that?
And how do you think they are doing that? (For example, is the CIA secretly funneling dark money to organizations that promote degrowth?)
Does this mean you think intelligence agencies and/or governments are deliberately promoting the degrowth movement in order to discredit the idea of AGI x-risk?
If so, why do you think they are doing that?
And how do you think they are doing that? (For example, is the CIA secretly funneling dark money to organizations that promote degrowth?)
No, sorry, I’m not making a prediction about that being true. I thought it was a helpful evocative example, which are generally helpful to transmit concepts (Yudkowsky does this).