“Do Not Get Us on the No Fly List” by Bogoed
From LessWrong (30+ Karma) · 3:23
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AI safety is now mainstream. People are not being smart about it. I know there are memes about burning datacenters on your feed. Please, do not engage with them. You still have plenty of room to fuck up your life or damage the public perception of the community if you do. Do not respond to extremist shit. Do not engage with stupid people. Do not get us all on the No Fly List. One of the reasons I think this is worth writing down is my own ressentiment. I am baitable. People who used to call me an alarmist are now memeing about AI doom, and I'm fighting the urge to start screaming, "WE TOLD YOU" Which would be bad. And more often than not, it wouldn't even be true. The things those memes imply are dramatically more extreme than anything you folks here were actually saying. I will not give an example; you've already imagined. Poorly understood but extremely memeable manifestos and their consequences have been a disaster for rational discussions. I believe you are much more mature and less petty than I am, you won't fall for this. So here are some alternative paths to [...] --- First published: November 10th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/eHAhnem9DZoF8hTFq/do-not-get-us-on-the-no-fly-list --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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