Re:Ask HN: Is Eliezer Yudkowsky a genius playing the long game?
by uejfiweun on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:31PM
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Yeah I agree. I completely disagree with all of Yudkowski's views. But unfortunately, as history shows as time and time again, thoughts and ideas don't really have to make much sense to become viral if they prey on people's emotions. And there are going to be some SERIOUS emotions once the disruption really starts kicking in.
Re:Ask HN: Is Eliezer Yudkowsky a genius playing the long game?
by gsatic on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:50PM
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pfft ppl cant remember what they were outraging about last week.
As Info explodes attention collapses.
The only predictable thing about the attention economy is it keeps propping up the biggest attention craving buffoons of society with each one trying to outdo the other.
Alarmist, but not a thinker. I haven't been able to trace his line of thought beyond "you must panic now"