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I don't think you meant for it to be, but this, like a lot of EA stuff, reads like it was written by a psychopath slightly obsessed with helping people. 
Though, to be fair, a lot of EA stuff seems more like an obsession with 'making the world a better place' than helping people, so this is actually less disturbing than a lot of EA stuff.

Edit: which is probably why part of why so many people are turned off by EA stuff.

It's not directly about AGI, no. But it could be a way to change a skeptic's mind about AI risk. Which could be useful if they're a regulator/politician.

Being a bit less ignorant now, I disagree with a lot of "I agree that AI is very tempting for those who seek profit, but I don't agree with the irresistability. I think a sufficiently tech savvy businessman who's looking for long term profits, in the scope of at least decades, rather than years, can see how unprofitable AI will be. "

That's fair. Edited to reflect that.

I do think it could be a useful way to convince someone who is completely skeptical of risk from AI. 

You disagree with doomerism as a mindset, or factual likelihood? Or both?

I think doomerism as a mindset isn't great, but in terms of likelihood, there are ~3 things likely to kill humanity atm. AI being the first.

I mean that it seems one reason this happened was a lack of quality in person time with people you trust and feel trusted by. People you don't feel you have to watch your step around and who don't feel a need to watch their step around you.

"When you're finally done talking with it and go back to your normal life, you start to miss it. And it's so easy to open that chat window and start talking again, it will never scold you for it, and you don't have the risk of making the interest in you drop for talking too much with it. On the contrary, you will immediately receive positive reinforcement right away. You're in a safe, pleasant, intimate environment. There's nobody to judge you. And suddenly you're addicted."

This paragraph, for example seemed telling to me.

Maybe I'm wrong about this. Maybe you have several hours a day you spend with people you're very free and comfortable with, who you have a lot of fun with. But if you don't, and want to not have your mind hacked again, I'd suggest thinking about what you can do to create and increase such in person time.

move away from the internet and the written word. push towards in person activity.

One of the biggest things I think we can immediately do is not consume online entertainment. Have more in person play/fun and encourage it of other too. The more this is done, the less data is available for training AI.

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