LessWrong Essay Compares AI Lab Insiders' Cognition to Microdosing

Jan Kulveit argues in a LessWrong essay that AI lab employees' cognition resembles microdosing: insiders may see things outsiders can't, yet their overall judgment isn't necessarily better since they are never fully "clear-headed." The analogy sparked wide discussion in the AI community.

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