Serious People are acting as if they represent an infohazard.
Maybe it’s time someone wrote ““Infohazard” is a predominantly mistake-theoretic concept”. Perhaps, “I know better than those foolish mortals, and they must not know the truth or they might make mistakes (like not doing what I want/worship me).”
(No offense to Bostrom, but usage isn’t controlled by him because...he isn’t the only person using it anymore.)
Maybe it’s time someone wrote ““Infohazard” is a predominantly mistake-theoretic concept”. Perhaps, “I know better than those foolish mortals, and they must not know the truth or they might make mistakes (like not doing what I want/worship me).”
(No offense to Bostrom, but usage isn’t controlled by him because...he isn’t the only person using it anymore.)