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“”So that’s where we are today: two of Ziz’s cultists are in custody, one is dead, but several others, including Ziz, are wandering free with heads full of lethal potential decisions that may seem “suboptimal” when considering the risk of prison time but may be ultimately beneficial, in an infinite timeline where an omniscient and omnipotent artificial intelligence promises a flying unicorn to whomsoever punishes those who would nonconsensually dye their children’s hair.
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—skepchick[1] |
The Zizians is a weird cult-like movement[2] on the fringes of the Silicon Valley artificial intelligence risk world. They are nominally headed by a character known as Ziz, whose movement and social conduct is based on Yudkowsky and Soare's "functional decision theory". They're obsessed with Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) and the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). Zizians are linked to bizarre protests[3] and several serious crimes,[4] including murder[5] and shootouts with police.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ Rebecca Watson, The “Rationalist” Death Cult Spreading Mayhem. skepchick, 7 February 2025.
- ↑ The Zizian Facts
- ↑ Jon Evans, Extropia's Children, Chapter 2: This Demon-Haunted World. Gradient Ascendant, 18 October 2022.
- ↑ The Zizians by Apollo Mojave.
- ↑ Andrew Chamings, String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult'. SFGate, 29 January 2025.
- ↑ Anna Bauman and Matthew Brown, Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology. Open Vallejo, 27 January 2025.
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