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A LessWrong post proposes using "microdosing" as a metaphor for the epistemic state of AI lab employees, describing it as a chronically mildly altered state of mind.
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“My go-to conceptual metaphor of the epistemic state of AI lab employees is microdosing: being in a chronically mildly altered state of mind. I think understanding this would be broadly helpful for people both inside and outside.”
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