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by dotsam 4y ago
Deutsch is not certain that his conclusions are true. But he does know that he has reached them in the best way: by making explanations that are hard to vary, that solve problems and that have withstood severe criticism. If any of his conje
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by dotsam 4y ago
It's status envy all the way down. "These chemicals crystallize into the same shapes, what should I call my exciting new observation? I know, I'll translate the concept into Ancient Greek, let's see. 'Isomorphism&#x
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by dotsam 4y ago
Moral philosophy lectures by Johann Frick for UC Berkeley. Accessible, easy to follow, well produced: https://www.youtube.com/@johannfrick4318/videos Not lectures, but exceptionally well structured and thoughtful conve
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by dotsam 4y ago
My understanding, prior to briefly reading that paper, was that Schopenhauer came up with the core of his philosophy before he came across the upanishads. When he did read them, he was delighted to find that they contained many of the same
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Worried About Nuclear War? Consider the Micromorts(wired.com)
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Google offers glimpse of ultra-realistic chat tech(bbc.co.uk)
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Will Russia use a nuclear weapon?(swiftcentre.org)
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by dotsam 4y ago
> So here's my pitch to you: effective altruism is the altruism that raises your status the most Effective altruism brings opportunities for status, for sure. But that doesn’t mean trying to help people effectively is a bad thing. W
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Declassified US nuclear targets – interactive map(futureoflife.org)
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by dotsam 4y ago
The film The Day After is worth watching, and it's on youtube: https://youtube.com/watch/?v=Iyy9n8r16hs Threads (1984), the UK counterpart, is memorable, very bleak, and also worth watching: https://arc
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by dotsam 4y ago
> This tool's great grandchild is never going to take a rough idea for a movie and churn out a blockbuster film. What about the tool's nth child though? I think saying it will never do it is a bit much, given what we know abo
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Nuclear war update – October 2022(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
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by dotsam 4y ago
Very strong echo of Schopenhauer here. Einstein was a big fan, and even had Schopenhauer’s portrait on his office wall. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_philosophical_...
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by dotsam 4y ago
> Some deep truths about human nature require instead the reflection provoked by the classics. Yes, read Dostoevsky and the classics. There is so much to learn and to enjoy. But remember that great authors didn't discover deep truth
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by dotsam 4y ago
> What does it add to one's understanding of Kant to know a few anecdotes about the regularity of his life. If we can build up a picture of someone from anecdotes about their life we can use this information to inform our understand
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by dotsam 4y ago
Don't worry, humans will still be relevant for ~10 years! . (and then regrettably irrelevant thereafter). I think it is a legitimate worry, as the pace of progress is considerable. These tools are impressive, and are only going to get
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by dotsam 4y ago
> got the impression that he shares a lot with early Christianity (and also Buddhism) Schopenhauer revered the Upanishads (foundational Hindu texts), and was one of the first thinkers in the West to share key aspects of Indian philosophy
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by dotsam 4y ago
* Philosophy Arthur Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Representation. Surprisingly readable and insightful, even if you don't buy his metaphysics. Einstein had Schopenhauer's portrait on his wall and considered him a genius. *
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Air pollution cancer breakthrough will rewrite the rules(bbc.co.uk)
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Parkinson’s test: Woman who smelled disease on husband helps scientists(bbc.co.uk)
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by dotsam 4y ago
> City will soon begin to receive visitors on September 2, 2022. Only short day trips will be possible for a maximum of six visitors, with prior reservations only, and only in favorable weather. City is on private property in rural terra
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by dotsam 4y ago
> The foundation has built a $30 million endowment to care for City. The money is in an endowment for a charity to maintain the project, not for the costs of building it. Yes the money will pay for peoples' jobs, and yes it will bri
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by dotsam 4y ago
I used to dream of being an artist, thinking it was an intrinsically noble endeavour. But after a lot of hard work and soul-searching of my own motivations, I eventually reframed my artistic pursuit as a means of solving the problems of &#x
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by dotsam 4y ago
I definitely don't want to sound like I'm saying we should stop worrying about hackers and bad actors, they are of course a concern. I certainly don't want to advocate for dismissing real dangers and power structures in the r
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by dotsam 4y ago
> That's why AI safety organisations are exempted from the expectation of even basic transparency about what they've done with marginal dollars Can you let me know more about that? > If you subscribe to the view that I do:
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by dotsam 4y ago
> Far smarter people than me are imprisoned currently throughout the world. They don't constantly escape because lesser minds are perfectly capable of solving the 'don't let them out' problem with a high degree of acc
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by dotsam 4y ago
I do not think that a historical EA movement would have recommended spending marginal dollars distributing copies of The World Set Free, but of course we cannot know that for sure. Apparently the book is positive on the proliferation of the
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by dotsam 4y ago
> Someone could invent a time machine and destroy the Earth before humanity had a chance to exist, etc. I struggle with assigning infinite weight and unlikely possibilities. But we can stay in the every day world and ask what credence do
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by dotsam 4y ago
"I would turn it off" - the AI has countered your move in ways we can't predict. Something with super human intelligence will exploit weaknesses in our containment strategies we haven't even imagined. Here are some I can
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by dotsam 4y ago
Firstly, something can be more fun to worry about (for some people), sound like speculative sci-fi (to some people) and nevertheless still be a real problem. Consider the dawn of the nuclear age: > On the morning of September 12, 1933, o

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