Explaining Yudkowsky and LessWrong lore to my brother: 'Why would Sam Altman know him?'
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-28
@batkatebush spent an hour giving a balanced explainer of Eliezer Yudkowsky and adjacent lore (HPMOR, LessWrong, the 'Everyone Dies' book, MIRI, the Zizians) to her 21-year-old brother — who responded incredulously: "Do you really think Sam Altman knows about this guy? Why would he know about him?" A telling glimpse of the gap between AI-safety subculture and the mainstream AI industry.
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