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The Possessed Machines is one of the most important AI microsites. It was published anonymously by an ex- lab employee, and does not seem to have spread very far, likely at least partly due to this anonymity (e.g. there is no LessWrong discussion at the time I'm posting this). This post is my attempt to fix that.

We've published an essay series on what we call the intelligence curse. Most content is brand new, and all previous writing has been heavily reworked. Visit intelligence-curse.ai for the full series. Below is the introduction and table of contents. We will soon live in the intelligence age. What you do with that information will determine your place in history.

Decision theory is about how to behave rationally under conditions of uncertainty, especially if this uncertainty involves being acausally blackmailed and/or gaslit by alien superintelligent basilisks. Decision theory has found numerous practical applications, including proving the existence of God and generating endless LessWrong comments since the beginning of time.