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Attention turns to the rationalist community behind AI discourse
Original: All these people discovering the LessWrong and 'Rationalist' cults behind all the AGI crap and freaking out and … well …
Commentary online suggests a growing number of people are newly discovering the LessWrong forum and the broader 'rationalist' subculture, a Bay Area-adjacent community whose ideas about superintelligence and existential risk have heavily shaped AGI debates. The reaction described ranges from alarm to criticism, with some longtime observers saying outsiders are only now catching on to the community's influence on the AI boom.
Why now: AI safety and AGI discourse is mainstream news, drawing fresh scrutiny to the subculture that incubated many of its core ideas.
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- All these people discovering the LessWrong and 'Rationalist' cults behind all the AGI crap and freaking out and … well … I guess I'll just move that particular lump of BS from my, 'why aren't people paying more attention to this' list to my, 'I guess they finally caught on'… · jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com · 1
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