Joshua Achiam @jachiam0
Joshua Achiam ✓ @jachiam0 · 2h
There's a group of three pieces of writing that happen to form, in my view, a very tidy cultural introduction to modern Silicon Valley. "Crystal Nights," by Greg Egan; "Meditations on Moloch," by Scott Alexander, and "Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule," by Paul Graham.
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A reading-list recommendation from OpenAI's Joshua Achiam naming three foundational texts of Silicon Valley/rationalist culture — "Crystal Nights" (Egan's short story about creating and testing digital minds, directly relevant to AI consciousness/moral status), "Meditations on Moloch" (coordination-failure/multipolar-trap essay central to AI safety discourse), and Paul Graham's essay on scheduling.
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