I must confess I have a personal vendetta against Yudkowsky and his cult. I studied computer science in college. As an undergrad, I worked as an AI research assistant. I develop software for a living. This is my garden the LessWrong crowd is trampling.
I think Eliezer Yudkowsky could probably ask in words not to be killed, but that doesn’t mean he contains a spark of awareness like a chicken does.