Harjas

Note: this was originally written for a general audience. I'm posting it on Less Wrong because this community is much more informed about AI than the average person, and I expect that you have seen many of these arguments already—I would love to get your critiques / feedback. I’m not...

Crossposted from my Substack and my Reddit post on r/SlateStarCodex I often think that memes, thought-terminating clichés, and other tools meant to avoid cognitive dissonance (e.g. bingo a la Scott on Superweapons and bingo) are overly blamed for degrading public discourse and rationality. Bentham's Bulldog recently wrote a post on...