Hi, Ivy Astrix here. I saw some of my work referenced here so figured I’d pop in and do an AMA. I did harm reduction at Vibecamp 1/2, and Vibegala 1/2. Happy to answer what I can as long as it doesn’t violate confidences or isn’t in service of personal grievances.
Jeez, I hope you’re okay. Do you have any thoughts on the uptick in rationalism and its influence (thanks to AI)?
doing better thanks <3
I think it’s just the subject matter and proximity, MIRI has always been about AI etc and i think it’s just the influx of money / power / etc due to how AI achieved escape velocity over the past few years
I think that rationalists are very good at marketing the aesthetics of math and probability without practicing the rigour and their personalities have an ‘it’ factor which is very influential towards impressionable 20-somethings that are trying to make their names in this era of the wild west
I’ve talked to other women and on the social side of things it’s worse than LA entertainment industry name-drop / transactional culture, I think you have some ppl who are popular for the first time and just fall down this mean girl rabbit hole
ppl are looking for meaning in a time of social upheaval and rationalism gives them a blueprint via the sequences and a sense of belonging, cool parties and a semi-commune compound in lighthaven, it’s so easy to get sucked into it (I was a normie with pretty diverse life experience out of tech and I still was)