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El­dritch Analogies

TagLast edit: 19 Sep 2023 17:15 UTC by gilch

Eldritch Analogies are the association of impersonal social or physical dynamics with the names of deities from mythology or fiction.

The best-known is Moloch, who is associated with coordination problems and competition, from Scott Alexander’s Meditations on Moloch, which contrasted Him with Elua, the ally of humanity.

Also notable is Azathoth, the blind idiot god of evolution, from Yudkowsky’s An Alien God, which far predates Meditations on Moloch.

See also: Egregores

′ pe­ter­todd’’s last stand: The fi­nal days of open GPT-3 research

mwatkins22 Jan 2024 18:47 UTC
101 points
13 comments45 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions on Mot

Richard_Ngo4 Dec 2023 0:19 UTC
52 points
11 comments8 min readLW link
(www.mindthefuture.info)

Luck based medicine: an­gry el­dritch sugar gods edition

Elizabeth19 Sep 2023 4:40 UTC
72 points
13 comments9 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Eu­gen­ics Performed By A Blind, Idiot God

omnizoid17 Sep 2023 20:37 UTC
60 points
10 comments2 min readLW link

The ‘ pe­ter­todd’ phenomenon

mwatkins15 Apr 2023 0:59 UTC
176 points
50 comments38 min readLW link

Franken­stein De­lenda Est

eapache10 Jul 2020 14:38 UTC
11 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What is Ra?

Chris_Leong6 Jun 2020 4:29 UTC
18 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

A parable in the style of In­visi­ble Cities

Daniel Kokotajlo16 Dec 2019 15:55 UTC
45 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Read: an es­say on AI Theology

Yuxi_Liu4 Jul 2019 7:50 UTC
23 points
9 comments7 min readLW link

Mythic Mode

Valentine23 Feb 2018 22:45 UTC
65 points
81 comments9 min readLW link

De­mon Threads

Raemon7 Jan 2018 3:48 UTC
75 points
74 comments9 min readLW link

The God­dess of Every­thing Else

Scott Alexander17 Aug 2015 20:59 UTC
85 points
8 comments8 min readLW link

Med­i­ta­tions On Moloch

Scott Alexander30 Jul 2014 4:00 UTC
176 points
10 comments47 min readLW link

In Fa­vor of Nice­ness, Com­mu­nity, and Civilization

Scott Alexander23 Feb 2014 22:24 UTC
82 points
9 comments20 min readLW link

You’re in New­comb’s Box

HonoreDB5 Feb 2011 20:46 UTC
59 points
176 comments4 min readLW link

Con­jur­ing An Evolu­tion To Serve You

Eliezer Yudkowsky19 Nov 2007 5:55 UTC
74 points
26 comments4 min readLW link

Thou Art Godshatter

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Nov 2007 19:38 UTC
215 points
81 comments5 min readLW link

An Alien God

Eliezer Yudkowsky2 Nov 2007 6:57 UTC
199 points
162 comments8 min readLW link