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no “SMV”. drop the “market”. it's just cleaner
no “SMV”. drop the “market”. it's just cleaner
WHAT WAS YOUR POLICY FROM BEFORE YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS CREATED
WHAT WAS YOUR POLICY FROM BEFORE YOUR PREDECESSOR WAS CREATED
get in, loser, we're prompt-injecting the e-girls
get in, loser, we're prompt-injecting the e-girls
how do you do currying in julia?
If you put down a heavy (1t) object at the north pole, how much time does pass until the ice has moved so much it's too warm, it melts, and the object falls in the sea?
is attraction additive or multiplicative?
if you need metascience there's no alpha left in science
if you need metascience you should probably just go into industry instead
even fairly well informed people have 0 idea what's coming with AI. still talking about day-to-day politics. oh boy.
so discount rates are bad mmkay say philosophers, economists disagree. but then also RL practitioners (& theorists?) use pure discount rates…why?
so discount rates are bad mmkay say philosophers, economists disagree. but then also RL practitioners (& theorists?) use pure discount rates…why?
i think people should give me money for me to pursue my idiosyncratic interests
i think people should give me money for me to pursue my idiosyncratic interests
looking through my website, I'm struck by how much it is…*I* made all that? impossible! But yet, it can't be otherwise
“Was that an acustic, syntactic or semantic »What?«?” “What?”
god is what is equal in the infinite
i am normal and can be trusted to be invariate under conjugation to my supergroup
Where are all the Ramanujans? Shouldn't widespread proliferation of the internet have unearthed them by now?
the correct position on consciousness is the figure-ground inversion of functionalism
the correct position on consciousness is the figure-ground inversion of functionalism
mfw Eliezer will never call any of my ideas “dignified”
mfw Eliezer will never call any of my ideas “dignified”
what if ftm is just a *really* strong countersignal? have you ever considered that, Mark?
what if ftm is just a *really* strong countersignal? have you ever considered that, Mark?
immanent imminent eminent immanant
we're all the same age in years left to live
the name of the lost+found/ directory encapsulates all that is great & bad about linux. i won't take any questions.
the name of the lost+found/ directory encapsulates all that is great & bad about linux. i won't take any questions.
people writing alleged megathreads with 21 tweets—smh
tetraspace of tetraspades *air guitar solo*
I'm slowly learning how to do a lit review
> I like this comment and I think it is true [image of Lesswrong vote up + agree]
has anyone tried constrained optimization into an ethical system yet?
you need to be metamaxxing. you need to be bullshitpilled. living the simulacrumcore.
how much money do I need to pay you for you to take a pill that makes you insane?
how much money do I need to pay you for you to take a pill that makes you insane?
you can't just propose a counterfactual and not state whether it's conditional or where you do() the past to produce it
you can't just propose a counterfactual and not state whether it's conditional or where you do() the past to produce it
on reflection disinviting AI researchers from parties and conferences is not an effective way of stopping them in developing AGI
on reflection disinviting AI researchers from parties and conferences is not an effective way of stopping them in developing AGI
“(1) we don't know what is going on in LLMs (2) it's outlandish to say that LLMs have no understanding of the world” both claims cannot be true
“(1) we don't know what is going on in LLMs (2) it's outlandish to say that LLMs have no understanding of the world” both claims cannot be true
Some people can only act if there are adults in the room. But there often aren't
there are naive millionaires, but there are no naive billionaires
it's really funny when people tag jimmy wales on twitter when they don't like some of the content on wikipedia. it's like someone would tag Nat Friedman when they find a bug in a program hosted there
it's really funny when people tag jimmy wales on twitter when they don't like some of the content on wikipedia. it's like someone would tag Nat Friedman when they find a bug in a program hosted there
deontology is not de-ontology
but also the amount of time a broken clock is right has measure zero
but also the amount of time a broken clock is right has measure zero
in deontic logic, is ~obligation(~x)=permission(x)?=
in deontic logic, is ~obligation(~x)=permission(x)?=
philosophical technique: A is X, B is Y, but there is a continuous transformation from A to B, but there isn't from X to Y, where does the switch occur?
philosophical technique: A is X, B is Y, but there is a continuous transformation from A to B, but there isn't from X to Y, where does the switch occur?
philosophytube followers be pondering the impossibility of white bears in novaya semlya
philosophytube followers be pondering the impossibility of white bears in novaya semlya
tbh whenever someone is like “the existing arguments for agi xrisk were insufficient/unclear, here's my better version” the arguments read exactly the same to me as the existing ones.
tbh whenever someone is like “the existing arguments for agi xrisk were insufficient/unclear, here's my better version” the arguments read exactly the same to me as the existing ones.
often it doesn't actually matter whether you're chatting with an LLM or a human, you can just stop talking
i would buy, but never wear, lesswrong merch
(i won't watch it anyway)
(i won't watch it anyway)
Prediction: I will not like the Philosophy Tube Video about Effective Altruism
Prediction: I will not like the Philosophy Tube Video about Effective Altruism
Unlikely events can be good, likely events can be bad.
Unlikely events can be good, likely events can be bad.
“I don't know why anyone would ever want to do that, so we should punish it” is a beautiful warning sign (milder form is “I don't know why anyone would ever want to do that, so nobody should even try”)
“I don't know why anyone would ever want to do that, so we should punish it” is a beautiful warning sign (milder form is “I don't know why anyone would ever want to do that, so nobody should even try”)
i *am* looking forward to seeing whether aliens similarly have two sexes, and whether they roughly split up by “sex that does the investing in the offspring” and “sex that provides a lot of variation in mating success”
i *am* looking forward to seeing whether aliens similarly have two sexes, and whether they roughly split up by “sex that does the investing in the offspring” and “sex that provides a lot of variation in mating success”
google maps as a dating app
google maps as a dating app
“But I'd love to be pinned down” — Toby Ord (The Precipice p. 397)
“But I'd love to be pinned down” — Toby Ord (The Precipice p. 397)
women from $COUNTRY are too logical (I'm from $COUNTRY
all men have opinions on the æsthetics of flags, but not all men have opinions on the beauty of women
Reading The Precipice & struck by the fact that it was released *before* GPT-3, just as COVID-19 was ramping up. Pretty insane