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expert networks : apocalypse panics :: mass media : moral panics

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People don't argue enough about whether AI can meaningfully help solve the alignment of ASIs They argue too much if the alignment of ASIs is a relevant problem I'd like about 1½ OOMs of debate *more* on the former question and about ⅔ OOMs *less* on the latter Thank you

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My favorite (sadly defunct) schizo website ever: web.archive.org/web/*/http:/...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Takeaway from LessOnline: The people who are very active on twitter were on average more interesting to talk to than the non-poasters.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

I think parts of the Frame Problem¹ can be used with Trammel-style fixed points in infinite regresses send bisk ¹: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_p...

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"full-throated support for trans folk" can be either be a trivial consequence of advocating for morphological freedom, or a demand for endorsement of a specific gender ontology. Those two are often conflated.

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More on how I ~don't have internet at home: niplav.site/notes#On_Hav...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

Andrés Gomez Emilsson's EM field theory view predicts that strong [[magnets]] should have "psychedelic" effects?

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Word for a good thing done out of ignorance (opposite, in some sense, of "mistake")?

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Are the Szegedys an eminent family? Mario: Mathematics Christian: Machine learning Balázs: Mathematics

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If Δ is for updating towards an interlocutor's position, then ∇ is for updating on multiple positions at the same time? Deep update/viewquake?

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Friendship is owoptimal

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cowonstrained owoptimization

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Sleep paralysis=co-(lucid dreaming)

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