Scott Alexander
Person on 4 sites
Psychiatrist and blogger, author of Slate Star Codex and its successor Astral Codex Ten.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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37 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The California Republican Party's average challenger is primarily focused on supporting Donald Trump and spreading conspiracy theories. (opens korrents.com)
“Instead, the average Republican challenger is mostly interested in bootlicking Trump as hard as possible, Stopping The Steal (as if we’re one election integrity law away from the GOP taking California!), and spreading…”
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Republican efforts to cut fraud often lack the necessary patience and intelligence, leading to worse outcomes. (opens korrents.com)
“But I think the lesson of the past few years is that when Republicans talk about cutting fraud, they don’t have the patience, intelligence, or impulse-control to actually find the real complicated fraud-adjacent things…”
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Human interests may be well-served by having AIs in positions of control. (opens korrents.com)
“Handoverism says that humans should prioritize their own interests, but that those interests may be well-served by having AIs in positions of control.”
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The California Republican Party's average challenger is primarily focused on supporting Donald Trump and spreading conspiracy theories. (opens korrents.com)
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17 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Redwood Research blog (opens rcmnd.app)
“Redwood is a nonprofit working on controlling AIs (eg keeping them in a very well-made box that they actually can't get out of). They have some of the smartest researchers not affiliated with a big lab, and so some of…”
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Hyperdimensional (opens rcmnd.app)
“Dean is a former White House AI policymaker and current OpenAI strategist. His blog is a good source for explanations and opinions of current AI policy, though he has yet to fully shake off his libertarian sympathies.”
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The Power Law (opens rcmnd.app)
“Peter Wildeford is the winner of ACX's annual superforecasting contest; he currently works for a think tank trying to (among other things) get the US to stop leaking AI technology to China. I use him as a source of…”
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Redwood Research blog (opens rcmnd.app)