Yudkowsky on the "Monocause Theory" blaming AI culture on things he wrote
repligate · x · 2026-10-29
allTheYud notes an emerging "Yudkowsky Monocause Theory" attributing every feature of AI company culture to something he wrote; he tried to test and exploit the phenomenon and it didn't seem to work. repligate quotes this, adding that a similar "Janus monocause theory" — blaming every aberrant AI behavior on him — has fallen out of favor for being too ridiculous, even though it has gotten slightly more true over the years.
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