Post by @gerikson@awful.systems

2026-09-17 09:24 UTC

enjoy this rightwinger employing multiple rightwing tropes to decry that “AI safety” is viewed as leftwing: lesswrong.com/…/for-love-of-the-lightcone-don-t-p… it’s all of course framed in the most parochially US-centric terms possible, and Extremely Online as well maybe this grand project is undermined by the following exchange in the comments niknoble: "It’s been interesting to see slowdown advocates worried about partisanization, when that is also a big worry of mine as an accelerationist. […] reply by Hide “Why are you an accelerationist? Are you not concerned about everyone on earth being killed?” reply to Hide by O O: “If you believe there’s low odds for doom, it’s a rational position.” Good luck, safety advocates.

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@Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 2026-09-17 10:05

“If you believe there’s low odds for doom, it’s a rational position.” What! No it’s not! It’s low odds of an infinitely bad outcome! How have you managed not to actually learn anything worth learning from Pascal’s wager?

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@scruiser@awful.systems 2026-09-18 02:59

The exchange with niknoble in the comments was also my favorite. He notes the democrat party is actually the best bet for getting regulation on AI: More generally, acceleration wins by default if everyone follows their local financial incentives, and the only force I’ve seen overpower capital at scale is the will of the Democratic Party of the United States. He is maybe giving Democrat too much credit, but yeah, if the doomers were really trying to win, they should be looking at the party that at least has a chance of agreeing to more regulations.

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