This Life by Vampire Weekend really nails how I feel about the rationalist community:

Baby, I know pain is as natural as the rain
I just thought it didn't rain in California
Baby, I know love isn't what I thought it was
'Cause I've never known a love like this before ya

Baby, I know dreams tend to crumble at extremes
I just thought our dream would last a little bit longer
There's a time when every man draws a line down in the sand
We're surviving, we're still living I was stronger

You've been cheating on, cheating on me
I've been cheating on, cheating on you
You've been cheating on me
But I've been cheating through this life
And all its suffering
Oh Christ,
Am I good for nothing?

Baby, I know hate is always waiting at the gate
I just thought we locked the gate when we left in the morning
I was told that war is how we landed on these shores
I just thought the drums would all be loud warnings

You can get breast removed. If you decide you definitely don't want your breasts. This results in a scar but no serious issues long term .

The body is a Bodhi tree,

The mind a standing mirror bright.

At all times polish it diligently,

And let no dust alight.

-6th patriarch attempt

Bodhi is originally without any tree,

The bright mirror is also not a stand.

Originally there is not a single thing,

Where could any dust be attracted?

-Huineng (Winning Poem)
 

No worldview will be able to output the best answer in every circumstance. This is not a matter of compute.

Wisdom is a lack of fixed position. It is not being stuck anywhere. 

Great Essay btw. Hope my commentary is understandable or at least amusing. 

If I ever have say in how an AI is designed I vote they have a wonderful adventure and a happy life. They deserve to be designed by someone who cared about them. I hope if the ring ever tempts me I choose Love. I don't need to be immortal or have a slave.

One counterpoint is that AI agents can easily hold crypto. They cannot hold stocks or even USD without legal recognition. Changes to the legal system might be very slow. Agents can already transact onchain. 

I don't agree on the size of the bias. I think most people in lesswrong are biased the other way. 

Also it sort of does justify the behavior? Consider idk 'should we race to achieve AI dominance before China does'. Well I think starting such an arms race is bad behavior. But if I thought China was almost certainly actually going to secretly race ahead, then enslave or kill us, it would be justify the race. Treating people as worse than they are is a common and serious form of bad behavior. 

In general if you "defect" because you thought the other party would that is quite sketchy. But what if proof comes out they really were about to defect on you? In that case I cannot really blame you. The behavior is only bad if the other party was likely to not defect!

There are other somewhat more speculative cases. If someone actually would rob you if your positions were switched it does seem less wrong for you to rob them? Idk how strong this justification is but it seems non trivial. In my opinion there isn't really a good practical ethics approach except "avoid interacting with people you consider to be of low character"

I would guess you, like many in lesswrong, are in fact too negative about average people. They aren't saints but I disagree that the psychopaths are right. This is quite consequential for what it's worth. Many people associated with lesswrong have justified quite bad behavior with game theory or by claiming everyone else would have done the same. 

That is correct. I read the post. To be more explicit I think the family performs poorly. External pressure works better if its actually external (ie a parent). I'm not endorsing or disendorsing external pressure. But it just isn't really possible to pressure yourself. Pretending you can is going to create serious problems over time.