“A significant portion of LessWrong users (at least 20%) care more about the aesthetics of rationality than they do about humanity. It’s a rationality ouroboros. They use the power of rationality to pursue their values, and their values favor protecting aspects of their niche rationality practice over and above taking action that will prevent my and their loved ones from being killed. This forum is a room full of unarmed scouts getting gunned down by the soldiers working at the AI Labs. The only people on this platform who can credibly claim to care about humanity are the ones who actively oppose those soldiers, as soldiers.”
“A significant portion of LessWrong users (at least 20%) care more about the aesthetics of rationality than they do about humanity. It’s a rationality ouroboros. They use the power of rationality to pursue their values, and their values favor protecting aspects of their niche rationality practice over and above taking action that will prevent my and their loved ones from being killed. This forum is a room full of unarmed scouts getting gunned down by the soldiers working at the AI Labs. The only people on this platform who can credibly claim to care about humanity are the ones who actively oppose those soldiers, as soldiers.”