Nick S. R. Lan
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Oct 5, 2026
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We begin with Hyperstition.
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Leaves word for 2026, a term coined by the philosopher Nick Land.
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and why ideas about the future can become self-fulfilling now that the AI agents act on the words they read.
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From there, we explore what Moloch actually is and why go as fast as possible is a bad way to win any race and what the Cold War nuclear arms race can teach us about the race to superintelligence.
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And if AIs are trained in these ideas, then the risk is that we might end up in that scenario, even if we did not wish it in the first place.
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Right, exactly.
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I think this was coined by Nick Land, the philosopher who wanted to speed up the forces you might call Moloch.
MasoudHOST
Why take your word from him? And maybe you can also define what do you mean by Moloch?
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