You shouldn’t mistake the convention that people aren’t supposed to use the Dark Arts here on LessWrong, to mean that the LW community rejects the Dark Arts.
I’ve spoken with dozens of people who are involved with SIAI or read/post on LessWrong. I would not characterize them as being slow to embrace the Dark Arts when compared with American intellectuals in general.
You shouldn’t mistake the convention that people aren’t supposed to use the Dark Arts here on LessWrong, to mean that the LW community rejects the Dark Arts.
I’ve spoken with dozens of people who are involved with SIAI or read/post on LessWrong. I would not characterize them as being slow to embrace the Dark Arts when compared with American intellectuals in general.