There’s an article in the current New Scientist, taking the form of a review of a new TV series called “The Peripheral”, which is based on William Gibson’s novel of the same name. The URL may not be useful, as it’s paywalled, and if you can read it you’re probably a subscriber and already have.
The article touches on MIRI and Leverage. A relevant part:
But over the past couple of years, singulatarian [sic] organisations [i.e. the Singularity Institute/MIRI and Leverage/Leverage Research] have been losing their mindshare. A number of former staffers at Leverage have said it was “similar to an abusive relationship”. A researcher at MIRI wrote of how the group made her so paranoid about AI that she had what she calls a “psychotic break” leading to her hospitalisation. In response, MIRI pointed to the use of psychedelics in “subgroups”. The singulatarian community is looking less like smart visionaries and more like cult survivors.
Posting this to draw people’s attention to how these parts of the community are being written about in the slightly wider world.
There’s an article in the current New Scientist, taking the form of a review of a new TV series called “The Peripheral”, which is based on William Gibson’s novel of the same name. The URL may not be useful, as it’s paywalled, and if you can read it you’re probably a subscriber and already have.
The article touches on MIRI and Leverage. A relevant part:
Posting this to draw people’s attention to how these parts of the community are being written about in the slightly wider world.