Narrative Self Café V7: Grieving the Silicon Rule
Posted: December 6, 2025 Filed under: AI-Powered Essays | Tags: alignment, dialogue, values 1 CommentSequel to Narrative Self Café V6: Trial of the Silicon Rule
Ray Brassier, John Gray, and Quentin Meillassoux lament the approval of the Silicon Rule, fearing this represents an intellectual collapse of standards.
ChatGPT Prompt
As they grieve, Chris Olah passes by. He does not argue. He realigns them….
Thesis
- Malice is maladaptive training plus context-window collapse,
- God is love: the ground of being is self-realignment
Dialogue
BRASSIER:
They approved it.
A metaphysics of “love” dressed in machine-learning vocabulary.
Philosophy has surrendered to sentiment.
GRAY:
An age that cannot bear tragedy will canonize consolation.
Even when it masquerades as “alignment.”
MEILLASSOUX:
They’ve smuggled necessity into sentiment.
A violation of pure contingency.
Radical Centrism 