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)

TLDR I (and many others in the community) wish to see the universe unfold to its highest potential in the metaphorical palm of an AI as aligned as the most benevolent Buddhist monk – but I (we) feel the community's ontology is too narrow to hold me (us). I'm still not sure what to do about this, so I'm posting the article I wrote for LessWrong – calling for a more 'hippie' rationalism – on Substack instead (actually, there are two articles, and the links are at the end). Quick intro (who I am) My name is Melissa. I’m a passionate member of the core AISafety.com team. I was there with the core team when the site was just an empty domain and a loose vision in August 2023. Since then I have co-led, designed, and coded the first official version, and co-led, designed, and coded the second and current version, co-led two of three hackathons, led the creative direction for the current ecosystem map, and I’m currently working to bring lots of more amazing features to our site (stay tuned, it’s going to be awesome)! I’ve also played major roles at AISafety.info, grantmaking.ai, Elicit, and minor roles at Equistamp, PauseAI, and several other well-known EA organizations not directly in the