Fiction (Topic)

TagLast edit: 14 Mar 2021 3:21 UTC by Yoav Ravid

This tag collects post which discuss fiction at the meta-level. For a list of actual fiction content, see the Fiction tag. For posts about HPMOR, see HPMOR (discussion & meta). For post specifically about writing, see Writing (communication method).

“Nonfiction conveys knowledge, fiction conveys experience.”—Eliezer Yudkowsky

Rationalist Fiction

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Mar 2009 8:22 UTC

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The Logical Fallacy of Generalization from Fictional Evidence

Eliezer Yudkowsky16 Oct 2007 3:57 UTC

126 points

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Fictional Evidence vs. Fictional Insight

Wei Dai8 Jan 2010 1:59 UTC

50 points

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When can Fiction Change the World?

Timothy Underwood24 Aug 2020 13:47 UTC

79 points

18 comments11 min readLW link

How to Write Deep Characters

Eliezer Yudkowsky16 Jun 2013 2:10 UTC

69 points

67 comments3 min readLW link

Book Analysis: New Thrawn Trilogy

ozymandias14 Oct 2021 17:49 UTC

62 points

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What is a Glowfic?

Wes F4 May 2022 16:38 UTC

43 points

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Open loops in fiction

Kaj_Sotala14 Mar 2021 8:50 UTC

70 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Science Fiction

lsusr22 Feb 2021 9:35 UTC

48 points

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Introducing AI-Powered Audiobooks of Rational Fiction Classics

Askwho4 May 2024 17:32 UTC

67 points

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On Juvenile Fiction

MBlume17 Mar 2009 8:53 UTC

31 points

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How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy—A Short Summary

Jsevillamol29 May 2021 11:47 UTC

26 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

The case for turning glowfic into Sequences

Thomas Kwa27 Apr 2022 6:58 UTC

86 points

29 comments5 min readLW link

GPT-3 Fiction Samples

gwern25 Jun 2020 16:12 UTC

63 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(www.gwern.net)

Universal Fire

Eliezer Yudkowsky27 Apr 2007 21:15 UTC

198 points

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“Is There Anything That’s Worth More”

Zack_M_Davis2 Aug 2023 3:28 UTC

64 points

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Oh No My AI (Filk)

Gordon Seidoh Worley11 Jun 2021 15:05 UTC

42 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

EA Forum Creative Writing Contest: $10,000 in prizes for good stories

aarongertler12 Sep 2021 21:25 UTC

32 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

The Jolly Green Giant Chronicles [ChatGPT]

Bill Benzon18 Feb 2024 17:28 UTC

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[Question] What hard science fiction stories also got the social sciences right?

Mati_Roy27 Sep 2020 20:37 UTC

15 points

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Speculations on the Future of Fiction Writing

johnswentworth28 May 2020 16:34 UTC

35 points

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[Question] What are fiction stories related to AI alignment?

Mati_Roy29 Oct 2021 2:59 UTC

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Conspiracy Theories as Agency Fictions

[deleted]9 Jun 2012 15:15 UTC

44 points

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Lawrence Watt-Evans’s Fiction

Eliezer Yudkowsky15 Jul 2008 3:00 UTC

47 points

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Movie review: Don’t Look Up

Sam Marks4 Jan 2022 20:16 UTC

35 points

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Consume fiction wisely

RomanS21 Jan 2022 20:23 UTC

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A Warm Up Problem for Yudkowsky’s New Fiction

Robert Kennedy3 Mar 2022 15:25 UTC

14 points

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Make a Movie Showing Alignment Failures

Logan Riggs13 Apr 2022 21:54 UTC

75 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Soviet comedy film recommendations

Nina Panickssery9 Jun 2024 23:40 UTC

42 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(open.substack.com)

Creating a family with GPT-4

Kaj_Sotala28 Mar 2023 6:40 UTC

23 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

(kajsotala.fi)

Fighting in various places for a really long time

KatjaGrace11 May 2022 1:50 UTC

36 points

12 comments4 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Today in AI Risk History: The Terminator (1984 film) was released.

Impassionata9 Jun 2022 1:32 UTC

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Book review: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz

KatjaGrace23 Jun 2022 23:10 UTC

12 points

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(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

A story about a duplicitous API

LiLiLi15 Jul 2022 18:26 UTC

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The Host Minds of HBO’s Westworld.

Nerret12 Aug 2022 18:53 UTC

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Scientist Fiction

Jacob Falkovich7 Jan 2018 19:50 UTC

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(putanumonit.com)

The Expanding Moral Cinematic Universe

Raemon28 Aug 2022 18:42 UTC

64 points

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Orwell and fictional evidence for dictatorship stability

Stuart_Armstrong24 May 2013 12:19 UTC

24 points

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AMC’s animated series “Pantheon” is relevant to our interests

Ben Smith10 Oct 2022 5:59 UTC

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[Question] The Last Year - is there an existing novel about the last year before AI doom?

Luca Petrolati22 Oct 2022 20:44 UTC

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The Good Place has a line that defines the human dilemma

William Gasarch30 Nov 2022 5:27 UTC

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Three Fables of Magical Girls and Longtermism

Ulisse Mini2 Dec 2022 22:01 UTC

31 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Drawn Out: a story

Richard_Ngo11 Jul 2023 0:08 UTC

77 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

Constructing fictional eugenics (LW edition)

Eliezer Yudkowsky29 Oct 2012 0:41 UTC

30 points

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Rationalism before the Sequences

Eric Raymond30 Mar 2021 14:04 UTC

593 points

83 comments11 min readLW link 2 reviews

Amputation of Destiny

Eliezer Yudkowsky29 Dec 2008 18:00 UTC

45 points

67 comments8 min readLW link

Scooby Doo and Secular Humanism [link]

Dreaded_Anomaly3 Dec 2011 4:58 UTC

40 points

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TV’s “Elementary” Tackles Friendly AI and X-Risk—“Bella” (Possible Spoilers)

pjeby22 Nov 2014 19:51 UTC

48 points

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Mapping Another’s Universe

squidious17 Nov 2017 2:37 UTC

11 points

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Poets are intelligence assets

Benquo25 Oct 2017 3:30 UTC

10 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Thinking Fast and Hard

Jacob Falkovich13 May 2019 19:58 UTC

26 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Case Study: the Death Note Script and Bayes

gwern4 Jan 2013 4:33 UTC

34 points

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Free Hard SF Novels & Short Stories

XiXiDu10 Oct 2010 12:12 UTC

28 points

18 comments4 min readLW link

Chapter 1: A Day of Very Low Probability

Eliezer Yudkowsky14 Mar 2015 19:00 UTC

246 points

19 comments9 min readLW link

Acausal Now: We could totally acausally bargain with aliens at our current tech level if desired

Christopher King9 Aug 2023 0:50 UTC

1 point

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What The Lord of the Rings Teaches Us About AI Alignment

Jeffrey Heninger31 Jul 2023 20:16 UTC

24 points

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Anyone read Erfworld?

Raemon1 Apr 2011 1:48 UTC

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[Draft] Poker With Lennier

HonoreDB10 Nov 2011 17:14 UTC

29 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

Laws of John Wick

Zvi24 May 2019 15:20 UTC

30 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Points of Departure

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Sep 2008 21:18 UTC

29 points

36 comments2 min readLW link

An African Folktale

Eliezer Yudkowsky16 Feb 2009 1:00 UTC

28 points

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Thoughts about Dr Stone and Mythology

mako yass25 Feb 2020 1:51 UTC

19 points

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A Broken Koan

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 May 2008 19:04 UTC

8 points

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(Moral) Truth in Fiction?

Eliezer Yudkowsky9 Feb 2009 17:26 UTC

25 points

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The Wire versus Evolutionary Psychology

MrShaggy25 May 2009 5:21 UTC

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Two labyrinths—where would you rather be?

KyriakosCH8 Jun 2019 17:48 UTC

15 points

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Recognizing the Candlelight as Fire: Joshu Washes the Bowl

Annoyance29 Mar 2009 18:13 UTC

−14 points

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[Link] The Hyborian Age

GLaDOS21 Jan 2012 19:00 UTC

34 points

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Apocalypse, corrupted

Stuart_Armstrong26 Jun 2019 13:46 UTC

20 points

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This anime storyboard doesn’t exist: a graphic novel written and illustrated by GPT4

RomanS5 Oct 2023 14:01 UTC

12 points

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Learning from counterfactuals

Gyrodiot25 Nov 2020 23:07 UTC

11 points

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Wikipedia articles from the future

snarles29 Oct 2014 12:49 UTC

30 points

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Fifty Shades of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

PhilGoetz24 Jul 2014 0:17 UTC

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Reflections on “Psycho-Pass”

lsusr22 Jan 2021 9:41 UTC

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Quotes from the WWMoR Podcast Episode with Eliezer

MondSemmel13 Mar 2021 21:43 UTC

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In Defence of Spock

Zac Hatfield-Dodds21 Apr 2021 21:34 UTC

36 points

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On making fictional miracles seem plausible

Yair Halberstadt31 May 2021 11:32 UTC

5 points

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Poker with Lennier

HonoreDB15 Nov 2011 22:21 UTC

26 points

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[Review] Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

lsusr3 Sep 2021 22:24 UTC

21 points

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Analysis of Bird Box (2018)

TekhneMakre13 Dec 2021 17:30 UTC

11 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] A good rational fiction about IT-inspired magic system?

qbolec27 Dec 2021 14:21 UTC

18 points

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Motivating Alignment of LLM-Powered Agents: Easy for AGI, Hard for ASI?

RogerDearnaley11 Jan 2024 12:56 UTC

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The Alignment Problem Needs More Positive Fiction

Netcentrica21 Aug 2022 22:01 UTC

5 points

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A Game About AI Alignment (& Meta-Ethics): What Are the Must Haves?

JonathanErhardt5 Sep 2022 7:55 UTC

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[Question] What sci-fi books are most relevant to a future with transformative AI?

sid24 Jan 2023 15:30 UTC

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Nyarlathotep Stirs: A Meta-Narrative ChatGPT Story

Charlie Sanders20 Mar 2023 8:00 UTC

4 points

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(dailymicrofiction.substack.com)

Dath Ilan vs. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri: Pareto Improvements

David Udell28 Apr 2022 19:26 UTC

35 points

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$300 for the best sci-fi prompt: the results

RomanS3 Jan 2024 19:10 UTC

16 points

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The Healing Code of Joan

jdcampolargo30 Mar 2023 21:09 UTC

6 points

0 comments12 min readLW link

Mythic Mode

Valentine23 Feb 2018 22:45 UTC

68 points

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If You Demand Magic, Magic Won’t Help

Eliezer Yudkowsky22 Mar 2008 18:10 UTC

183 points

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Stranger Than History

Eliezer Yudkowsky1 Sep 2007 18:57 UTC

134 points

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Rereading Atlas Shrugged

Vaniver28 Jul 2020 18:54 UTC

161 points

36 comments13 min readLW link 1 review

If rationality skills were Harry Potter spells...

lifelonglearner9 Mar 2018 15:36 UTC

21 points

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“Nahh, that wouldn’t work”

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)28 Nov 2010 21:32 UTC

95 points

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On Terminal Goals and Virtue Ethics

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 18 Jun 2014 4:00 UTC

107 points

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On Robin Hanson’s Board Game

Zvi8 Sep 2018 17:10 UTC

49 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Alien parasite technical guy

PhilGoetz27 Jul 2010 16:51 UTC

69 points

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Reclaiming Eddie Willers

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) 13 Jul 2019 15:32 UTC

70 points

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Spock’s Dirty Little Secret

pjeby25 Mar 2009 19:07 UTC

60 points

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Hugo Awards—HP:MoR

Eneasz21 Jan 2011 19:06 UTC

66 points

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Book Trilogy Review: Remembrance of Earth’s Past (The Three Body Problem)

Zvi30 Jan 2019 1:10 UTC

48 points

15 comments40 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Humans in Funny Suits

Eliezer Yudkowsky30 Jul 2008 23:54 UTC

82 points

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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Podcast

Eneasz13 Apr 2011 17:09 UTC

45 points

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HPMOR Q&A by Eliezer at Wrap Party in Berkeley [Transcription]

sceaduwe16 Mar 2015 20:54 UTC

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Leto among the Machines

Virgil Kurkjian30 Sep 2018 21:17 UTC

57 points

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Hogwarts House Primaries

ozymandias20 Nov 2017 17:56 UTC

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GPT4 is capable of writing decent long-form science fiction (with the right prompts)

RomanS23 May 2023 13:41 UTC

22 points

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My Childhood Role Model

Eliezer Yudkowsky23 May 2008 8:51 UTC

76 points

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$300 for the best sci-fi prompt

RomanS17 May 2023 4:23 UTC

40 points

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Eutopia is Scary

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Jan 2009 5:28 UTC

65 points

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[Question] I’m looking for research looking at the influence of fiction on changing elite/public behaviors and opinions

Timothy Underwood7 Aug 2020 13:49 UTC

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Rationalist Storybooks: A Challenge

MBlume18 Mar 2009 2:25 UTC

39 points

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Dragon Ball’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber

gwern2 Sep 2012 23:49 UTC

50 points

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A big Singularity-themed Hollywood movie out in April offers many opportunities to talk about AI risk

chaosmage7 Jan 2014 17:48 UTC

49 points

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Luminosity (Twilight fanfic) discussion thread

FAWS25 Aug 2010 8:49 UTC

19 points

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Luminosity (Twilight Fanfic) Discussion Thread 3

Alicorn30 Dec 2010 14:37 UTC

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Luminosity (Twilight fanfic) Part 2 Discussion Thread

JenniferRM25 Oct 2010 23:07 UTC

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Silver Chairs, Paternalism, and Akrasia

dclayh9 Apr 2009 21:24 UTC

34 points

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Greg Egan disses stand-ins for Overcoming Bias, SIAI in new book

Kaj_Sotala7 Oct 2010 6:55 UTC

47 points

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Death Note, Anonymity, and Information Theory

gwern8 May 2011 15:44 UTC

58 points

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[LINK] Terry Pratchett is dead

Baughn12 Mar 2015 17:46 UTC

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Defeating the Villain

Zubon26 Mar 2015 21:43 UTC

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Flowers for Algernon

Anatoly_Vorobey18 Jun 2014 9:16 UTC

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Think Like a Supervillain

Qiaochu_Yuan20 Feb 2013 8:34 UTC

46 points

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The Evil AI Overlord List

Stuart_Armstrong20 Nov 2012 17:02 UTC

44 points

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Do Fandoms Need Awfulness?

Eliezer Yudkowsky28 May 2009 6:03 UTC

38 points

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Cryonics on Castle [Spoilers]

wedrifid4 Oct 2011 9:46 UTC

35 points

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Caelum est Conterrens: I frankly don’t see how this is a horror story

chaosmage6 Mar 2013 10:31 UTC

38 points

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Devil’s Offers

Eliezer Yudkowsky25 Dec 2008 17:00 UTC

49 points

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Current AI harms are also sci-fi

Christopher King8 Jun 2023 17:49 UTC

26 points

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