[ExI] Series of blog posts on this email list, origins of Bitcoin, problems with Yudkowki, effective altruism, and more

[Adrian Tymes]

Those in power have known about the potential for the Singularity for a
long time.

But to believe there is a Cathedral is both incorrect and self-defeating.
Those in power are nowhere near that unified - which is one of the keys to
winning, when our interests conflict with theirs.

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 8:25 AM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Looks like the Cathedral just noticed the Singularity, and they don't seem
> happy about it.  That's a pretty thorough and comprehensive hatchet job.
> They're trying to get right to the root of the thing: i.e. us.
>
> We seem to be transitioning from stage 2 to stage 3 of "First they ignore
> you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
>
> Interesting times.
>
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 10:21 AM Max More via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> This series of seven posts is extremely interesting. Anyone with history
>> on this email list will at least want to read part 1 and dip into the
>> others. Eliezer comes in for a serious drubbing for the cultlike activities
>> surrounding his interlinked communities and for his doomerism.
>>
>>  Chapter 1, “The Wunderkind
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-1-the-wunderkind>
>> ”;
>> Chapter 2, “This Demon-Haunted World
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-2-demon-haunted-world>
>> ”;
>> Chapter 3, “Extropicoin Extrapolated
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-3-extropicoin>
>> ”;
>> Chapter 4, “What You Owe The Future
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-4-what-you-owe>
>> ”;
>> Chapter 5, “Irrationalism
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-5-irrationalism>
>> ”;
>> Chapter 6, “Slate Star Cortex and the Geeks for Monarchy
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/extropias-children-chapter-6-geeks-for-monarchy>
>> .”)
>> Extropia's Children, Chapter 7 The Inferno of the Nerds
>> https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-7
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-7>
>> Extropia's Children, Chapter 7: The Inferno of the Nerds
>> <https://aiascendant.substack.com/p/extropias-children-chapter-7>
>> What really is the fabled AI x-risk? Will our meddling with artificial
>> intelligence cause us to inadvertently create a dread superintelligent
>> godlike entity which will destroy us all? Or are there other AI risks we
>> should worry about more?
>> aiascendant.substack.com
>>
>>
>>
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