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this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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Attempting to credit Luigi's actions to AI millenarianism putting him in a weird headspace almost feels like stolen valor.
Still, if that's where his mental health defence is going to hinge on then I guess it's relevant.
That IQ works like mana points is both a widespread misconception and a red flag that you're far more ignorant than you let on.
“The robot god will be in the 99.9999999999999999999999999999th percentile for intelligence” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
i mean, he was a rationalist EA who tweeted pronatalism
i saw TPOTs on Twitter going "shit I know him"
If the argument is that too much rationaltruism fried his brain then fine I guess.
Otherwise I don't think United Healthcare doing AI assisted fraud falls into any rationalist framework of doom, and also those people are allergic to direct action.
Also the article is already setting the bar very high by using the Zizians, a sect that's almost completely predicated on semi-obsure rationalist lore, as their first point of reference for rationalism gone wild.