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lossy self-improvement remains my baseline on the trajectory of progress, and the increased discussion of extinction risk seems very misplaced
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Thus it appears that on the latest AMD and ARM processors subnormals might not be a concern. But they remain very much a performance issue under Intel processors.
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Public sentiment on AI is shifting steadily toward greater concern about its risks, not less.Their words
But public sentiment around AI is changing rapidly, and it is only really moving in one direction.
10 September
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Publicly expressing fear of AI can function as virtue signaling rather than genuine concern.Their words
Expressing fear of AI can become a form of virtue signaling.
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From one piece Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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the most powerful actors for whom this is the biggest concern if these guard rails or the constitution or whatever is getting in the way that will just get steamrolled and so the constitution will only be you know hitting the everyday man rather than hitting governments.
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One concern you might have is there are like large categories of reward hacks which humans can't detect well and which we consistently fail to detect and which consistently get reinforced and then this category is sufficient to cause the most natural behavior for the AI to learn to be like cheat when the humans can't find out
9 August
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Chronic people pleasing stems from a need for others' approval, not genuine concern for them.Their words
The root of chronic people pleasing is not concern for others. It's concern for their acceptance and approval.
6 August
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The "private equity is buying up all the houses" argument is both wrong and an excuse for deferring zoning reform.Their words
Progressive slopulism really fucked us with this "Private equity is buying up all the houses" argument. It's a fractally stupid concern AND an excuse for deferring zoning reform.
3 August
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Are parents better people? Not really. Parental love directs enormous concern toward a few particular people, leaving less for everyone else.
30 July
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