zetalyrae mocks rationalists: 'poverty exists, therefore perpetual AI totalitarianism'
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-16
Developer-blogger zetalyrae skewers a recurring rationalist argument pattern: 'we have poverty/factory farming, therefore we need perpetual AI totalitarianism' — calling it 'good epistemics' sarcastically.
The jab came amid a dispute over mouse utopia analogies for AI risk, with opponents calling such takes out of touch with real-world poverty. A snapshot of the ongoing doom-vs-anti-doom squabble in AI safety discourse.
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