The ideas really started forming around the recent 'public relations' discussions.
If we want to change people's minds, we should be advertising.
My guess is that "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality" is the best piece of publicity the SIAI has ever produced.
I think that the only way to top it would be a Singularity/FAI-themed computer game.
How about a turn-based strategy game where the object is to get deep enough into the singularity to upload yourself before a uFAI shows up and turns the universe into paper clips?
Maybe it would work, and maybe not, but I think that the demographic we want to reach is 4chan - teenage hackers. We need to tap into the "Dark Side" of the Cyberculture.
How about a turn-based strategy game where the object is to get deep enough into the singularity to upload yourself before a uFAI shows up and turns the universe into paper clips?
I don't think that would be very helpful. Advocating rationality (even through Harry Potter fanfiction) helps because people are better at thinking about the future and existential risks when they care about and understand rationality. But spreading singularity memes as a kind of literary genre won't do that. (With all due respect, your idea doesn't even make sense: I don't thi...
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