LessWrong Publishes "The Latter Days of Magic" Fiction Series

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-09-17 00:10

This post is the first in a series titled "The Latter Days of Magic" and was published on LessWrong on September 17, 2026. The content is categorized under fiction and world modeling, with a reading time of 4 minutes. It is authored by 'testingthewaters' and has received a rating of 5. AI

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LessWrong Publishes "The Latter Days of Magic" Fiction Series

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LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · testingthewaters · 2026-09-17 00:10

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Note: Trying out a serial fiction thing.<blockquote>we know that restraint is the existence of multiple attractors <i…

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