Still amusing after all these years that despite my tech heavy posts, the most popular post on my blog all these years has been the one I wrote about #IsaacAsimov 20 years ago!
No regrets. The guy was a legend & convinced me to call myself a #rationalist.
https://blog.sandipb.net/2005/03/22/20-facts-about-isaac-asimov-that-i-would-like-to-remember/
RE: https://dair-community.social/@milamiceli/115689973077901876
When the “god father of AI” Geoffrey Hinton, or the leader of the #Rationalist movement Eliezer Yudkowsky, or the CEO of #OpenAI Sam Altman, or even Hank Green tell you that corporations have invented an AI God and you should be worried about the AI Apocalypse, it's to distract us from stories like this:
Why Are There So Many #Rationalist #Cults?
https://asteriskmag.com/issues/11/why-are-there-so-many-rationalist-cults
Guess I'm a Rationalist Now
https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8908
#HackerNews #Rationalism #Rationalist #Thinking #Philosophy #HackerNews #Blog