It’s serious enough to be held by many people in elected office, and by even more people who voted them in. The status of dualism as a “serious” position does not matter if the people who still hold that position have the power to sway or set public policy.
And as a matter of experience, the vast majority of people interact with the world dualistically regardless of their metaphysical beliefs or lack thereof. It is possible to both recognize the illusion exists while remaining very much under its spell as a matter of experience and as a frame of reference.
This framing becomes problematic when one continues to base assumptions about intelligence and language on the felt experience of “I”, regardless of the seriousness of the metaphysical position.
People coming from those positions might have other motivations for a crackdown, though. I have already seen talk about "abomination" etc in more casual non-tech discussions about this stuff.
And as a matter of experience, the vast majority of people interact with the world dualistically regardless of their metaphysical beliefs or lack thereof. It is possible to both recognize the illusion exists while remaining very much under its spell as a matter of experience and as a frame of reference.
This framing becomes problematic when one continues to base assumptions about intelligence and language on the felt experience of “I”, regardless of the seriousness of the metaphysical position.