lxnn

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by lxnn 1mo ago
> Anthropic in particular has developed this almost Orwellian like veil of condescending rhetoric that on the surface suggests they're looking out for you while underneath they're taking actions that suggest they do not trust y
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by lxnn 2y ago
Note that we only got to observe outcomes in which we didn't die from nuclear annihilation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
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by lxnn 3y ago
I hope they are out-competed by a better alternative.
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Why Clip Art Was Everywhere Until It Wasn't [video](youtube.com)
2 points by lxnn 3y ago|0 comments
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by lxnn 3y ago
Technically, I think it's not that instrumental goals tend to converge, but rather that there are instrumental goals which are common to many terminal goals, which are the so-called "convergent instrumental goals". Some of th
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by lxnn 3y ago
You can't take an empirical approach to existential risk as you don't get the opportunity to learn from your mistakes. You have to prospectively reason about it and plan for it.
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by lxnn 3y ago
As the pre-amble to the statement says: they kept the statement limited and succinct as there may be disagreement between the signatories about the exact nature of the risk and what to do about it.
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by lxnn 3y ago
The emergence of something significantly more intelligent than us whose goal are not perfectly aligned with ours poses a pretty clear existential risk. See, for example, the thousands of species made extinct by humans.
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by lxnn 3y ago
The problem is that's unilateralism.
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by lxnn 3y ago
Why are you so confident in calling existential AI risk fantasy?
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by lxnn 5y ago
I think Mastodon solves this problem to some extent, with their federated way of doing things.
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Chocolate from Bean to Bar(flavorlab.xyz)
70 points by lxnn 5y ago|55 comments
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by lxnn 6y ago
It's essentially when information that was used to identify the suspect is presented as confirmation of their guilt. > The witness described a tall, white, black-haired man with a tattoo on his right ankle. Only .001% of the pop
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Covid: Where Science Goes to Die (Medlife Crisis)(youtu.be)
2 points by lxnn 6y ago|0 comments
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What Do Accessible Websites/Programs Look Like?(youtube.com)
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by lxnn 6y ago
Also, the way mathematics is taught at high school might not prepare you well for the way you use it at university. Maths in high school focuses more on applying methods (taking a derivative etc.); maths at university (even on a CS course)
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by lxnn 6y ago
Yes. It is odd that in the British system at age 16 you can choose to study mathematics and physics and literally nothing else. (I blame this for my poor history knowledge.)