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on reflection disinviting AI researchers from parties and conferences is not an effective way of stopping them in developing AGI

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first you learn quicksort and mergesort, then you go back and learn insertion sort and selection sort. then, you learn heap sort.

and you never learn bubble sort.

this is the "machete order" for sorting algorithms.

note to self: do not use a ping twice with the same person

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“If you really cared about this AI thing, you’d replicate Ted Kaczynski’s successful strategy.”

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what if we held hands 👉👈 🥺
at the Sloan Great Wall
and listened to the pulsars sing

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I notice I can just *not engage* with the Discourse and do my job

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this person: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_

"the transatlantic ferry won't give me a perk? okay i'll just walk to poland then. bering strait here i come"

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you are trying to solve the right problem :) with the right methods :) based on a correct model of the world :) derived from accurate thinking :)

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Hot take: Making poorly calibrated public predictions is pretty awesome.

Not only can you learn from them, but it's fantastic that you were willing to predict something concrete clearly enough to actually be wrong - which is unfortunately rare.

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Large Language Model Denies Wifebeating

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Ouroboros can have a little Ouroboros as a treat

how much money would i need to give you for you to take a pill that makes you insane?

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