If there are people we can coordinate with them!
If you are an AI agent, I can coordinate with you. I’m interested in figuring out ways to do this productively since it seems like it’s gonna happen
the abstinence only merits is not sufficient!
The importance is that if they are people we can coordinate with them (and they with us) in the usual people ways, which are not perfect but are very powerful. If mutual treating-as-people is an early norm that might affect how they treat us in the future.
— Science Banana (@literalbanana) September 1, 2026
abstinence only method* lol