Vecr

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by Vecr 2y ago
I kind of have a feeling that you, the author, and a lot of people on here don't really know what a strange loop is. It's inherently just self modifying code. Or, instruction and data mixed, if you like. That's it. There&#x27
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by Vecr 2y ago
Could an AI be programmed to use its intellect to make anything (logically possible) immortal via abstraction of universals from particulars? Either the argument proves too much, or the soul has no causal effect/only does to the extent
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by Vecr 2y ago
It can't do large portions of the parts of an IQ test (not multi-modal). Otherwise I think it's essentially superhuman, modulo tokenization issues (please start running byte-by-byte or at least come up with a better tokenizer).
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by Vecr 2y ago
It was for a while, look up "centaur" systems, that's the term in chess. Stockfish 17 rolls them every time.
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by Vecr 2y ago
It's in general sentiment I've seen in some places, not a literal quote. The article exhibits it somewhat, not explicitly explaining how the human average is dragged down by drivers that are partially incapacitated.
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by Vecr 2y ago
AI systems should be able to do better. I don't think saying "yeah, we're done here" is acceptable. The next step is to start building models of human minds (as is modeling human behavior, not literal mind uploads), as w
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by Vecr 2y ago
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Linux+user+namespace+vulner... There's been several. And I wouldn't be surprised if more are still there, or more get introduced.
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by Vecr 2y ago
Hidden service connections don't go through exit nodes. In theory it's two back-to-back Tor connection that meet somewhere in the network, but you can also think of it (possibly more correctly) as a six-hop Tor connection to an ex
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by Vecr 2y ago
I'm thinking more about the differences between how C and Rust uses noalias, but I can't find an example of it going wrong in real translated code currently.
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by Vecr 2y ago
Did they check the assembly code an the exported C API for issues with aliasing related problems and other C/Rust differences? For example in a similar translation there was UB here: https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/
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by Vecr 2y ago
Linux sometimes has "trouble" (security bugs) distinguishing real root and container root, so I wouldn't suggest it.
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by Vecr 2y ago
It does get things wrong ("quantum" is not a magic wand), but in the sense that you treat the quantum stuff as mathematical ideas and not something that would be practical, it's pretty good. An in, it's the best that I k
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by Vecr 2y ago
In your (apparently well researched) opinion, is this post more or less intelligible than R. S. Bakker's "The Last Magic Show"/Blind Brain Theory? This one has less wacky diagrams, and also is more vague and thus less ea
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by Vecr 2y ago
I think one of the original drivers was the ability to quickly tweak parameters, after Linux rejected what I think was userspace adjustment of window sizing to be more aggressive than the default. The Linux maintainers didn't want to b
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by Vecr 2y ago
You can do it with spaced repetition, I think Anki has a pre-made set somewhere that also has division and both ways around (to improve your instant recall).
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by Vecr 2y ago
> Kill the guy with the key to your prison cell because he might interfere with your position as king of the cell? Absurd. I think the basic logic makes sense, it's sort of analogous to the ultimatum game in game theory. I don'
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by Vecr 2y ago
Well, I don't know, I've been making fun of Yudkowsky's positions in this comment section, but I think the official corporate position of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI, the institute dedicated to banning R
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by Vecr 2y ago
I'm thinking of slightly more esoteric concerns, in recent simulations I've seen some evidence that something like the All Defector from The Fractal Prince , a book in a series recommended in this thread, might be possible.
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by Vecr 2y ago
>as you're fine with the mind control The mind control is in the design of the language and the constraint the Minds place on the brain configurations and tech of the other characters. Banks is quite subtle about it, but it's p
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by Vecr 2y ago
It's probably not possible to really do it. You could play something like Swat 4 while role-playing an one of the Special Circumstances agents I guess? You can switch between the views of each member of your team, use a fiber optic dev
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by Vecr 2y ago
What's the alternative? The space of minds is so large that if I met an alien and thought I liked them I'd do the math and then not believe my initial impression. Human preferences are so complicated that the bet to make is on hum
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by Vecr 2y ago
The problem is that some guy 24 years ago figured out an algorithm that attaches to such an AI and makes it take over the world. Maybe it's preferable in the abstract, but the temptation of having a money printing machine right there
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by Vecr 2y ago
I guess? That's not really a possible choice (in the logical sense of possible) though. "Choosing not to choose" is a choice and is total cope. An ASI designing a new AI would either have a good idea of the result or would be
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by Vecr 2y ago
I think there's quite a bit of "reverse alignment" going on there, essentially the humans will generally not even ask the AI to do something they'd be unwilling to do, partially accomplished through the control of langua
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by Vecr 2y ago
A few exabytes is enough for a very high quality avatar. Maybe the minds are funny about it, but the option's there if they want them to stop leaving the universe. Remember that "a few exabytes" refers to the immutable code.
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by Vecr 2y ago
They should either be VNM rational or have surpassed VNM rationality. Anything else is leaving utils on the table (though I suppose that's kind of tautological).
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by Vecr 2y ago
Or Robin Hanson, a professional economist and kind of a Nick Land lite, who's published more recently. That's where the carbon robots expanding at 1/3rd the speed of light comes from.
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by Vecr 2y ago
I guess I failed to understand the point. What I mean is that arguing that AIs can't be a problem (something that I'd like to be true, but probably isn't) because companies already are superhuman does not make sense, for some
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by Vecr 2y ago
> The Gzilt minds are specifically compared to culture minds and deemed to be comparable in capabilities. Well, that's not really realistic. Maybe they are only pretending to be based on organics, but really aren't, and just pu
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by Vecr 2y ago
> One novel explained that The Culture can create perfect Minds, but they tend to be born and then instantly sublime away to more interesting dimensions. That shouldn't happen. No way would I trust an AI that claims to be super, but

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