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censors will censor complaints about being censored. therefore we should complain about censorship all the time – once those complaints disappear, we know things are going downhill.
“= I've been waiting for this for years. I don't want to join in what I read is supposed to be a highly competitive work environment. But I am impressed by the vision and potential of your approach.” Pretty much my reaction to new many EA stuff.
“= I've been waiting for this for years. I don't want to join in what I read is supposed to be a highly competitive work environment. But I am impressed by the vision and potential of your approach.” Pretty much my reaction to new many EA stuff.
“Two men in mirror saws the edge of time For real or woe, we bury the grass and raise the” cryptic
“Two men in mirror saws the edge of time For real or woe, we bury the grass and raise the” cryptic
“ah, but I use myself as a handle”
“ah, but I use myself as a handle”
Hah, tweet-like-me.xyz with my old twitter handle is great. “Agreed. Should we therefore call for »epsilon umeshisms«?”
Hah, tweet-like-me.xyz with my old twitter handle is great. “Agreed. Should we therefore call for »epsilon umeshisms«?”
a model that gives a probability distribution over 12 orders of magnitude is good and brave and we need more of it.
a model that gives a probability distribution over 12 orders of magnitude is good and brave and we need more of it.
@alip "Br em hlk rmnnd, Fkrdm, bkldryrum! Ben br bk ucuyum, Kvg verm hlkn, Bkldryrum te, Vrn benm frkm ! #sydbx" -> Aoe iiiu! Iyou eiau üuiu yäiiö. Äuuuůǒ ēēiyou #ïïïyae
@alip "Br em hlk rmnnd, Fkrdm, bkldryrum! Ben br bk ucuyum, Kvg verm hlkn, Bkldryrum te, Vrn benm frkm ! #sydbx" -> Aoe iiiu! Iyou eiau üuiu yäiiö. Äuuuůǒ ēēiyou #ïïïyae
i remember having quite strange & unusual qualia as a child (kind of hard to describe & varied, i remember 2 specifically (not just the old “having more imagination” or “being easier to frighten”, but on a similar level as déja vu)), but these have faded over time as i went through adolescence. i wonder whether this is common. perhaps i should write that up, together with a rough description of those qualia
i remember having quite strange & unusual qualia as a child (kind of hard to describe & varied, i remember 2 specifically (not just the old “having more imagination” or “being easier to frighten”, but on a similar level as déja vu)), but these have faded over time as i went through adolescence. i wonder whether this is common. perhaps i should write that up, together with a rough description of those qualia
I'm not an intellectual, I'm just a guy who likes to fk.
I'm not an intellectual, I'm just a guy who likes to fk.
@(frogorbits.com) "@niplav interesting, it seems like you uploaded at least two weeks worth of posts sometime between yesterday and right now" -> Yes. I have changed my interaction with the internet a little bit – uploading/downloading in batches, not constantly online, to prevent my attention becoming even more damaged than it is now.
@(frogorbits.com) "@niplav interesting, it seems like you uploaded at least two weeks worth of posts sometime between yesterday and right now" -> Yes. I have changed my interaction with the internet a little bit – uploading/downloading in batches, not constantly online, to prevent my attention becoming even more damaged than it is now.
gifted child? no. I am a childish gift
if there is a reachable maximal economic productivity of matterenergy/spacetime, then at some point economic progress will slow from exponential to cubic, since if one expands at a constant fraction of c, then the growth is proportional to the volume of the sphere, which with constantly expanding radius is cubic.
theiropia, ouropia, heropia, hisopia
globe-decorated neo-neoliberals were furiously fruitlessly arguing with zero-summers on twitter, shaman bros were helping others get laid at parties funded by eternal-life cryptomoguls, infra-red haired identity-fractalites with two dozen Mercedes stars draped over their bodies lectured pale soy-skeletons about cockshottian cybernetics. it was, not exaggerating too much, a moment exactly fitting the emergence of a second semi-unknown unknown, only to be faintly perceived by posterior-maximizers who had trained their sensory organs to the maximal degree of data intake possible without (at the time outside of military circles unavailable) BCIs. and yet, the 'works scaled and scaled, just as the fraktur-g prophet had foretold
identity politics defection from class warfare, maybe?
identity politics defection from class warfare, maybe?
the inclusive genetic fitness party
the inclusive genetic fitness party
trump turned out to not be such a big deal
trump turned out to not be such a big deal
gonna start crediting Carl Shulman for some of my ideas, seems trendy right now
gonna start crediting Carl Shulman for some of my ideas, seems trendy right now
Ah! “Logical Prior Probability” (Demski 2008). Of course
Ah! “Logical Prior Probability” (Demski 2008). Of course
Niplav Yushtun, treasurer of the “Clone John von Neumann a Million Times” party
Niplav Yushtun, treasurer of the “Clone John von Neumann a Million Times” party
why no paradise engineering companies?
why no paradise engineering companies?
the singular of equilibria is equilibrium goddamnit!
the singular of equilibria is equilibrium goddamnit!
impact measures depend on, rather than specify, inaction baselines
impact measures depend on, rather than specify, inaction baselines
meditation techniques have inbuilt anti-abuse mechanism if they reduce agency and/or wanting
meditation techniques have inbuilt anti-abuse mechanism if they reduce agency and/or wanting
basin of corrigibility seems to be a reasonably large crux for prosaic alignment vs. miri debates
basin of corrigibility seems to be a reasonably large crux for prosaic alignment vs. miri debates
nice bullet you got there. would be a shame if someone were to…… bite it
nice bullet you got there. would be a shame if someone were to…… bite it
metis, doxa, episteme, gnosis, techne – did I forget anything?
metis, doxa, episteme, gnosis, techne – did I forget anything?
because prune needs to be more calibrated than babble
because prune needs to be more calibrated than babble
or: sneering=uncalibrated pruning=
or: sneering=uncalibrated pruning=
sneering is pruning without any metric of success
sneering is pruning without any metric of success
left not as good at babble as it used to be? more pruney, definitely
left not as good at babble as it used to be? more pruney, definitely
no canonical universal turing machine for solomonoff induction
no canonical universal turing machine for solomonoff induction
and, not to forget the obvious contender,
and, not to forget the obvious contender,
the burrito judge needs to be extremely powerful
the burrito judge needs to be extremely powerful
formalise early, formalise often
formalise early, formalise often
does the buddha have maze nature?
does the buddha have maze nature?
rational people can use very irrational people as babble generators in conversations, if the rational people are high prune (which they usually are).
rational people can use very irrational people as babble generators in conversations, if the rational people are high prune (which they usually are).
cannibalistic respectability cascades in the water supply
cannibalistic respectability cascades in the water supply
excess wealth spent on addiction or sex
excess wealth spent on addiction or sex