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the EAs have access to so much money that other orgs have to dance to their tune, and are discovering the professionals think the EAs are fucking nutters

the comments are darling also

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[-] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 12 points 1 week ago

So much gold in the comments.

... tone down the extent to which we broadcast the the unorthodox aspects of the culture which aren't directly linked to AI safety. don't be too eager to discuss stuff like polyamory/meditation/board games/drugs/meal replacement/overt analysis of social status+signalling games etc.

The first reponse to this?

beg your pardon, how did board games got on this list?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

That list is fascinating as someone into a decent chunk of it. Like, yeah board games and meditation you can pull off as you being nerdy/hippy in a professional work environment. Polyamory and drugs are definitely some things that mark you as countercultural to the point they may be detrimental to getting along with folks. And meal replacement and overt analysis of social status+signalling games are so abnormal that even those of us who enjoy the rest of the list are going to be thinking "fuck, a rationalist"

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 2 points 5 days ago

And meal replacement

I genuinely don't know what that is. Is that about those magical protein shakes? Cause that's just chud-coded in my head, not necessarily rationalist

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

It's less protein shakes than complete nutrition shakes, and specifically done because they see eating as a purely practical endeavor and thus are of the opinion that it's better to get all their nutrition in a quick, easy, and convenient way than to bother with cooking and eating meals

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