That means he is autistic. An emotionally aware and mature person would not have lashed out as autistically as he did. You don’t seem to understand mental disorders very well. Autistic people or people with asperger’s aren’t emotionless people, they just repress them constantly and don’t have very good access to them, lack of awareness and poor regulation, so sometimes they tilt, like the LW guy when he banned Roko’s post.
Also, the thought experiment can trigger paranoia in those prone to psychosis, a mentally stable person could do the thing rationally and come to the conclusion that if there is such a thing as an future AI, that wants it to build... (read more)
That means he is autistic. An emotionally aware and mature person would not have lashed out as autistically as he did. You don’t seem to understand mental disorders very well. Autistic people or people with asperger’s aren’t emotionless people, they just repress them constantly and don’t have very good access to them, lack of awareness and poor regulation, so sometimes they tilt, like the LW guy when he banned Roko’s post.
Also, the thought experiment can trigger paranoia in those prone to psychosis, a mentally stable person could do the thing rationally and come to the conclusion that if there is such a thing as an future AI, that wants it to build... (read more)