I basically agree with Thomas’ assessment. I think the post is likely the funniest thing I’ve ever done’ the jokes are cerebral, sharp, and meaningfully facilitated the local conversation. Many people told me that the humor helped clarify or exposed certain arguments in a useful way.
Other than Eliezer posts, I think this might well be the best April Fools’ project in terms of being on the forefront of humor + AI Safety pedagogical value.
Downsides include that it didn’t get significant media or public attention, and the humor was the central point rather than a vehicle for making novel arguments. But my not-very-confident self-assessment is that the post + website is probably still worthy of being among the ~50 best LessWrong posts of 2024.
Have you heard the argument before that single votes can’t ever matter because there’d be a recount anyway?