Extropia's Children, Chapter 5: Irrationalism

The driving force behind rationalism, and founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, seems to think it's already too late for humanity; we are already doomed to a catastrophic AI apocalypse. How worried should we be?

Extropia's Children, Chapter 5 Irrationalism Jon Evans Oct 21, 2022 27 Share (Each chapter of Extropia’s Children can stand alone given cursory familiarity with the subject matter, but see also Chapter 1, “ The Wunderkind ”; Chapter 2, “ This Demon-Haunted World ”; Chapter 3, “ Extropicoin Extrapolated ”; and Chapter 4, “ What You Owe The Future. ”) i. Diasporationalists The golden age of LessWrong, then the hub of rationalist discussion, was 2011 to early 2015. This is confirmed by data as well as community history. According to the Timelines Wiki , in 2013, the Machine Intelligence Research

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