“Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.” The serial novel, which spans 122 chapters and over 660,000 words, reimagines Harry engaging in the wizarding world as a well-trained rationalist. It had served for many as a gateway into effective altruism and, in turn, to broader Doomer ideology. Yudkowksy had also cofounded the blog LessWrong, a central hub for AI safety researchers to foster community and propagate AI safety ideas, where he’d advocated with increasing alarmism to put a full pause on AI development as his p(doom) shot up to 95 percent.
