David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agoPeter Singer introduces the Peter Singer AI to elevate ethical discourse in the digital ageplus-squareboldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkPeter Singer introduces the Peter Singer AI to elevate ethical discourse in the digital ageplus-squareboldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square9fedilink
J Lou@mastodon.social · 10 days agoThe predictably grievous harms of Effective Altruismplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareThe predictably grievous harms of Effective Altruismplus-squareJ Lou@mastodon.social · 10 days agomessage-square12fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 11 days agoAnthropic protects the welfare of possible future AIs. Present-day humans, not so muchplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic protects the welfare of possible future AIs. Present-day humans, not so muchplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 14 days agoElizabeth Sandifer: Wednesdayplus-squarewww.patreon.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkElizabeth Sandifer: Wednesdayplus-squarewww.patreon.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Architeuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 18 days agoNew article from reflective altruism guy starring Scott Alexander and the Biodiversity Brigadeplus-squarereflectivealtruism.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkNew article from reflective altruism guy starring Scott Alexander and the Biodiversity Brigadeplus-squarereflectivealtruism.comArchiteuthis@awful.systemsEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square2fedilink
Shitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-218 days ago[podcast] If Books Could Kill - Sam Harris's "The End of Faith"plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-square[podcast] If Books Could Kill - Sam Harris's "The End of Faith"plus-squareShitgenstein1@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-218 days agomessage-square2fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 22 days agoyour Bayesian yacht is an outlier adn should not be countedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkyour Bayesian yacht is an outlier adn should not be countedplus-squarewww.nytimes.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square28fedilink
Evinceo@awful.systemsEnglish · 22 days agoJD Vance outs himself as an SSCer, SSCers reactplus-squarewww.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkJD Vance outs himself as an SSCer, SSCers reactplus-squarewww.reddit.comEvinceo@awful.systemsEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square61fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 27 days agowhat happened next with Max Tegmark and the Swedish neo-Nazisplus-squaremedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkwhat happened next with Max Tegmark and the Swedish neo-Nazisplus-squaremedium.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Coll@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoThe walled marketplace of ideas: a statistical critique of SSC book reviewsplus-squaretitotal.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkThe walled marketplace of ideas: a statistical critique of SSC book reviewsplus-squaretitotal.substack.comColl@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-22 months agoCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareCaroline Ellison: A dashing tale of Victorian race science and, somehow, Harry Potter (Yudkowsky version)plus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square25fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agoBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkBBC on the Network State crew, featuring many of our old favouritesplus-squarewww.bbc.co.ukDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square2fedilink
TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkAdderall in Higher Doses May Raise Psychosis Riskplus-squarearchive.phTinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
epigone@awful.systems · 3 months agoWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1external-linkWhat was Trump actually doing on 9/11? An anniversary fact check.plus-squareweb.archive.orgepigone@awful.systems · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agoExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkExtropia's Children, Chapter 1: The Wunderkind - a history of the early days of several of our very good friendsplus-squareaiascendant.substack.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink
Proteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-23 months agoBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkBostrom's advice for the ethical treatment of LLMs: remind them to be happyplus-squarewww.youtube.comProteish@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square41fedilink
Rosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months ago-aiplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-square-aiplus-squareRosencrantz@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square1fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agohere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkhere's the amazing Vibecamp essay where the rationalists talk about "microdosing" meth if they can't take the adderall to become a financial genius like Scoot promised themplus-squareapp.simplenote.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square57fedilink
slopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agoNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkNo, intelligence is not like heightplus-squaretheinfinitesimal.substack.comslopjockey@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square51fedilink
blakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agoOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareOff-Topic: Music Recommendation Threadplus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemsMEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square39fedilink
