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I spent 12 hours writing an article for LessWrong, calling for a more ‘hippie’ rationalism. Then I didn’t post it. This is why (plus a link to the article, explicitly not located on LessWrong)
According to the excerpt, a member of the AISafety.com team who posts as honeybee says the AI safety community's ontology is too narrow for them and, rather than post it on LessWrong, published an article calling for a more 'hippie' rationalism on Substack instead.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
The question it raises
A person inside the AI safety field says its worldview feels too narrow, and asks for room for spiritual perspectives on what a good aligned AI would be.
The record
- Questions
- What values should AI have, and could it have a mind of its own?
- People
- honeybee (Wrote it, Core team member, AISafety.com)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 28, 2026, via
lesswrong(tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record) - Cite this
- LessWrong, “I spent 12 hours writing an article for LessWrong, calling for a more ‘hippie’ rationalism. Then I didn’t post it. This is why (plus a link to the article, explicitly not located on LessWrong)”, October 28, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/lesswrong-2026-10-28-hippie-rationalism-unposted-article
Our notesLight lane: not fetched. The post introduces the author as Melissa; only the forum handle is used here. The linked Substack articles were not read.