He knows Yud and HPMOR but not that Yud wrote HPMOR
justalexoki · x · 2026-10-04
A viral AI-circle joke: someone is familiar with Yudkowsky and HPMOR yet doesn't realize Yudkowsky wrote HPMOR himself, sparking quips that the two are 'impossible to decouple' — a funny window into how rationalist community lore circulates.
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