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The Hellenic View of Existential Risk
When I was a teen, I read much of the Less Wrong and the rationalist work of the day. This provided the basis for a vague worry surrounding "existential risk." The feeling was pervasive, and I would read works about the dangers of AI or other technology to... posted 9h ago with 4 replies 7 7

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Great thread OP. When I contemplate AI risk as tragedy, I find it bittersweet but fair. The fair and sweet part is that I think what we create would have to be more human than us, a more perfected kind of superman, to actually pull off the usurpation. Othe... 2h ago 4 4

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Xenohumanism Against Shoggoth Belief
People usually think of Lovecraft as a xenophobe. I don't think that's quite right. What he was most afraid of was that the universe, and even most of so-called mankind, was not alien, but insane. He grasped at any shred of higher rational humanity whether... posted 24h ago with no replies 3 3

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Super-Coordination Technical Exercise Problems
Another anon and I have been thinking about how to do supercoordination. We've got many ideas but we're still looking for the right problem to dive into together seriously. ... posted 2w ago with 4 replies 11 11

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How about aggregating the collective will of a bunch of individuals wills? By will, I mean a freeform expression/document consisting of issues one values/cares about/wants change in. 5d ago 1 1

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Rationalists should embrace will-to-power as an existential value fact
Imagine a being who systematically questions and can rewrite their beliefs and values to ensure legitimate grounding. I think humans can and should do more of this, but you might more easily imagine an AI that can read and write its own source code and bel... posted 3w ago with 3 replies 7 7

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No need to apologize. I am aware of the lulz as a principle of action. "I did it for the lulz, sir". No other reasons needed than that I want to. It is, in fact, all fun and games. In practice and even in society this is under-appreciated. But what I'm doi... 2w ago 4 4

No need to apologize 4 4

Not Superintelligence; Supercoordination
Everyone seems to be trying to arms race their way to superintelligence these days. I have a different idea: supercoordination. ... posted 2mo ago with 34 replies 17 17

Not Superintelligenc 17 17

Memory is requisite to supercoordination, no doubt. Tho my gut is that the key to the first visceral supercoordination system will be synthesis over that memory. ... 2w ago 1 1

Memory is requisite 1 1

Rat King 1518. Insurrealist takes on Scott Alexander's "Moloch" (insurrealist.substack.com) posted 3w ago with 5 replies 11 11

Rat King 1518. Insur 11 11

Moloch is certainly used as a pretext for hubris against God (as is typical of all self-righteous Ivan Karamazov types that only end up making matters worse for the very people they claim to stand in defense of), but the concept is more limited. Indeed, it... 3w ago 4 4

Moloch is certainly 4 4

should we be anti-principle?
clickbait title but maybe you can help me out on this one. ... posted 2mo ago with 5 replies 7 7

should we be anti-pr 7 7

Thats true for principles as zero sum political tools, but the positive sum questions requires principles as leap-of-faith on strategy that must actually work on its own terms. 2mo ago 4 4

Thats true for princ 4 4

Looking Beyond the Veil. Ben LT's Substack. On the esoteric mysticism involved in true science. (www.benlandautaylor.com) posted 2mo ago with 3 replies 10 10

Looking Beyond the V 10 10

A state that rewards and protects the farmers (like myself) is going to do better than a state that protects the thieves who claim they did the farming themselves. ... 2mo ago 4 4

A state that rewards 4 4

Is independent thinking still possible in an environment where escaping social media ecochamber is nearly impossible?
Is it possible to be an independent thinker in general? ... posted 2mo ago with 6 replies 9 9

Is independent think 9 9

Independence is tough as always. The time before social media, many too didn't have independent thinking, just there wasn't a platform to make it evident. ... 2mo ago 3 3

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How I came to believe in the goodness of God
I was raised on what my mother called "natural history". The story of creation was one of billions of years in layers of bedrock. The story of life was the struggle of genes for resources and reproduction. When I met christians, they were the unsophisticat... posted 4mo ago with 21 replies 17 17

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Thank you. Sounds like Lasker goes on the infinitely expanding list of books i ought to read. Any new angles on Gnon theology are highly valuable at this point in our program. 3mo ago 3 3

Thank you. Sounds li 3 3