Eric S. Raymond

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Yes, I *am* that ESR. Well, it's the question people usually ask. Programmer, wandering philosopher, accidental anthropologist, troublemaker for liberty.

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Joined May 2010

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Eric S. Raymond
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I'm a bit worried about the Y-rats. The AI doomer cult is now being pi exposed as an ugly and power-hungry thing. They made their bid for control, but it seems to be failing. That Coxon clown was too obvious, lots of people are noticing the regulatory-capture angle, China isn't
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Eric S. Raymond
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So, the Chinese have officially stated that they consider the calls for an AI pause to be a "power play" and will not be participating in any US-led agreements to slow down development. Following AI-doomer logic, it is now absolutely imperative that we bomb the hell out of
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Eric S. Raymond
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Sep 15
"Do not cite the deep magic to me, Witch; I was there when it was written." Every once in awhile somebody will bring up a question about really ancient Internet or USENET lore on X, and I will answer it, and somebody will drop a copy of the Aslan meme in my replies. Which is
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Eric S. Raymond
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Sep 15
*snrk* What excellent news for the accelerationists this is. It's always good when your opponents acquire a spokesman with negative credibility. What will the safetyists do next? Rouse Joe Biden from a persistent vegetative state to weigh in with his usual coherence?
Polymarket
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Sep 14
BREAKING: Kamala Harris calls for an urgent slowdown in frontier AI development to ensure AI doesn’t “completely escape human control.”
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Eric S. Raymond
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Sep 15
I've noticed that the term "retrocomputing" is now in general use by hobbyists who restore ancient computer hardware. This is interesting, because I invented this term. What I don't know is if other people also invented it. More than 20 years ago I was putting together a web
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