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For the rationalists, particularly Yud, Scott Alexander, Scott Aaronson, gwern, even Aella:
Misanthropic: AFAIK not at all. The Scotts wrote anti-feminist screeds but they seem to target “radical feminists” (i.e. man haters) and explicitly don’t regard women any lower than men. Aella projects her sex drive onto other women, I think her claims overgeneralize but aren’t critical.
Doomers: yes
Sex pests: they have weird sexuality but seem to respect consent and don’t seem to bother people outside broadcasting themselves, so I don’t see how they’d be “pests”
Upper echelons of AI companies: moreso than average, but none of the aforementioned rationalist leaders control the big companies, or are anywhere near the top
Morally consistent values: again, Anthropic employees may not have them, but not all rationalists work on Anthropic, and the aforementioned seem to be of the few people who actually at least try to be consistent
Social norms: yes. Laws: no AFAIK
Don’t get me wrong, the rationalists are imperfect. But the naive public mixes them up with incels and Zizians who are different. My opinion is they are friendly, pacifist, and logic “smart”, but somewhat insane, very weird, and (like all smart people) tend to self-deceive into missing the obvious.
“Effective altruists” the idea is OK, but I won’t defend the official movement after they re-hired Caroline Ellison. And “SF cultists” can by definition fit whatever, depending on what vague cult you’re referring to.
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