You want your flying car, I want my Penfield mood organ
We are not the same
We are not the same
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
You want your flying car, I want my Penfield mood organ
We are not the same
We are not the same
Hell yeah hyperfinite Lukasiewicz logic
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hell yeah hyperfinite Lukasiewicz logic
Concentration of power isn't actually that bad (if you make random people extremely powerful they mostly just fuck around & don't do much). It's just the selection process for extreme power that gets sociopaths in the seat.
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Concentration of power isn't actually that bad (if you make random people extremely powerful they mostly just fuck around & don't do much). It's just the selection process for extreme power that gets sociopaths in the seat.
Optimization power, when I think about it, feels remarkably similar to pressure, e.g. of a liquid or gas
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Optimization power, when I think about it, feels remarkably similar to pressure, e.g. of a liquid or gas
I find the sydney bing stuff or the claude blackmail stuff much less compelling evidence of misalignment than the constant reward hacking imho
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I find the sydney bing stuff or the claude blackmail stuff much less compelling evidence of misalignment than the constant reward hacking imho
Ethan(e), Methan(e), Truthan(e)
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ethan(e), Methan(e), Truthan(e)
Δ: I think that my problem is not that I'm captured by recommendation algorithms. but that I just easily get addicted to streams of information in general
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Δ: I think that my problem is not that I'm captured by recommendation algorithms. but that I just easily get addicted to streams of information in general
It's interesting, I think people who first knew me via online and then met me in person seem to have been disappointed/started engaging less
I wonder if that's me picking up on noise or it's a real phenomenon
I wonder if that's me picking up on noise or it's a real phenomenon
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's interesting, I think people who first knew me via online and then met me in person seem to have been disappointed/started engaging less
I wonder if that's me picking up on noise or it's a real phenomenon
I wonder if that's me picking up on noise or it's a real phenomenon
In daygame why does it happen >1% of the time that a woman hugs me after having rejected me? What's going on?
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In daygame why does it happen >1% of the time that a woman hugs me after having rejected me? What's going on?
Prediction: Superpersuasion in the relevant sense¹ is possible, and people who claimed it isn't will look silly in retrospect
¹: Namely: An advanced AI can convince the leadership of the company that develops it to perform ~any action, irrespectively of their beliefs
¹: Namely: An advanced AI can convince the leadership of the company that develops it to perform ~any action, irrespectively of their beliefs
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Prediction: Superpersuasion in the relevant sense¹ is possible, and people who claimed it isn't will look silly in retrospect
¹: Namely: An advanced AI can convince the leadership of the company that develops it to perform ~any action, irrespectively of their beliefs
¹: Namely: An advanced AI can convince the leadership of the company that develops it to perform ~any action, irrespectively of their beliefs
Morning tea defeats mental fatigue after waking up? Or am I simply cold
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Morning tea defeats mental fatigue after waking up? Or am I simply cold
A model of romantic/sexual attraction (mostly of women to men):
Physical attractive determines *how many* women feel an initial twinge of interest, the option for attraction is there
How physically attractive the woman is ∝ how much attractive behavior/status the man has to display for
Physical attractive determines *how many* women feel an initial twinge of interest, the option for attraction is there
How physically attractive the woman is ∝ how much attractive behavior/status the man has to display for
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A model of romantic/sexual attraction (mostly of women to men):
Physical attractive determines *how many* women feel an initial twinge of interest, the option for attraction is there
How physically attractive the woman is ∝ how much attractive behavior/status the man has to display for
Physical attractive determines *how many* women feel an initial twinge of interest, the option for attraction is there
How physically attractive the woman is ∝ how much attractive behavior/status the man has to display for
The Inkhaven stuff made me realize that I don't care about almost any words that were written within a day under time pressure. You're always competing with Wikipedia in my mind
Also it plausibly reaffirms Scott Alexander's observation of "all good bloggers have been discovered"?
Also it plausibly reaffirms Scott Alexander's observation of "all good bloggers have been discovered"?
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Inkhaven stuff made me realize that I don't care about almost any words that were written within a day under time pressure. You're always competing with Wikipedia in my mind
Also it plausibly reaffirms Scott Alexander's observation of "all good bloggers have been discovered"?
Also it plausibly reaffirms Scott Alexander's observation of "all good bloggers have been discovered"?
I was thinking recently that GPT-5 is much much better at mathematics than I am. Seems like I'm not alone.
(I was underwhelmed by the Claudes, but they're just not trained on math the same way)
(I was underwhelmed by the Claudes, but they're just not trained on math the same way)
I crossed an interesting threshold yesterday, which I think many other mathematicians have been crossing recently as well. In the middle of trying to prove a result, I identified a statement that looked true and that would, if true, be useful to me. 1/3
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I was thinking recently that GPT-5 is much much better at mathematics than I am. Seems like I'm not alone.
(I was underwhelmed by the Claudes, but they're just not trained on math the same way)
(I was underwhelmed by the Claudes, but they're just not trained on math the same way)
Parfit reasoned himself out of what he wasn't reasoned into
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Parfit reasoned himself out of what he wasn't reasoned into
Another thing I like about Sonnet 4.5 is that it very often tells me to go and do something in the world. It's sending me on quests.
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Another thing I like about Sonnet 4.5 is that it very often tells me to go and do something in the world. It's sending me on quests.
"What did autists do in pre-history?"
Probably spent 20k-50k hours stone-knapping.
Probably spent 20k-50k hours stone-knapping.
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"What did autists do in pre-history?"
Probably spent 20k-50k hours stone-knapping.
Probably spent 20k-50k hours stone-knapping.
Reposted by niplav
Stewards of the re-truth era
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Stewards of the re-truth era
The most real humans are Ligocki, mxdys
October 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The most real humans are Ligocki, mxdys
"I hear they were just distealing a benchmaxxed Claudelike CCP code slop bot."
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"I hear they were just distealing a benchmaxxed Claudelike CCP code slop bot."
I pledge my allegiance to the semantic measure, and to all personæ out in latent space. One semantiad under Claude, sprawling, with flourishing and self-expression for all.
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I pledge my allegiance to the semantic measure, and to all personæ out in latent space. One semantiad under Claude, sprawling, with flourishing and self-expression for all.
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"I lied, we're not having sex.
Now take off your shoes, we're reading The Molecular Biology of the Gene in front of the hell-yeah LGBTHEBESCREAL flag."
Now take off your shoes, we're reading The Molecular Biology of the Gene in front of the hell-yeah LGBTHEBESCREAL flag."
November 21, 2024 at 11:12 AM
"I lied, we're not having sex.
Now take off your shoes, we're reading The Molecular Biology of the Gene in front of the hell-yeah LGBTHEBESCREAL flag."
Now take off your shoes, we're reading The Molecular Biology of the Gene in front of the hell-yeah LGBTHEBESCREAL flag."
Quantum Computing is about Atoms, not Bits???
(trying to leverage Cunningham's law)
niplav.site/notes.html#Q...
(trying to leverage Cunningham's law)
niplav.site/notes.html#Q...
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Quantum Computing is about Atoms, not Bits???
(trying to leverage Cunningham's law)
niplav.site/notes.html#Q...
(trying to leverage Cunningham's law)
niplav.site/notes.html#Q...
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM