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I do think anyone who wants us to take Elizer Yudkowsky seriously as an authority on AI armageddon should be forced to testify on video that they have read the entirety of his 660,000 word rationalist Harry Potter fan fiction – written aged 30–34 – and still thinks the world needs his take.

I already knew about Yarvin, the basilisk and their obsession with a certain Harlan Ellison story but had no idea about the sex stuff until yesterday. Don't know how I missed that but I lament my loss of innocence!

I was familiar with the rationalists and their doomsday cult but had no idea about the Harry Potter fanfic, the birthday gang bang or the Zizians until last night and I'm jealous of yesterday me. Such innocence!

I've done a very potted summary in this podcast segment bsky.app/profile/jame...

James Ball@jamesrball.com

In this week's episode of Touching Grass I explain the connection between Aella – the sex blogger behind the infamous Sankey chart – and the latest global headlines about whether AI will kill us all. Because, oh boy, the connection is real.