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Back to Search“Humanity Learned Almost Nothing From COVID-19” by niplav
Summary: Looking over humanity's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, almostsix years later, reveals that we've forgotten to fulfill our intent atprep…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
“Consider donating to Alex Bores, author of the RAISE Act” by Eric Neyman
Written by Eric Neyman, in my personal capacity. The views expressed here are my own. Thanks to Zach Stein-Perlman, Jesse Richardson, and many other…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
“Meditation is dangerous” by Algon
Here's a story I've heard a couple of times. A youngish person is looking for some solutions to their depression, chronic pain, ennui or some other …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
“That Mad Olympiad” by Tomás B.
"I heard Chen started distilling the day after he was born. He's only four years old, if you can believe it. He's written 18 novels. His first words…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
“The ‘Length’ of ‘Horizons’” by Adam Scholl
Current AI models are strange. They can speak—often coherently, sometimes even eloquently—which is wild. They can predict the structure of proteins,…
6 months ago
“Don’t Mock Yourself” by Algon
About half a year ago, I decided to try stop insulting myself for two weeks. No more self-deprecating humour, calling myself a fool, or thinking I'm…
6 months ago
“If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies, a semi-outsider review” by dvd
About me and this review: I don’t identify as a member of the rationalist community, and I haven’t thought much about AI risk. I read AstralCodexTen…
6 months ago
“The Most Common Bad Argument In These Parts” by J Bostock
I've noticed an antipattern. It's definitely on the dark pareto-frontier of "bad argument" and "I see it all the time amongst smart people". I'm con…
6 months ago
“Towards a Typology of Strange LLM Chains-of-Thought” by 1a3orn
Intro
LLMs being trained with RLVR (Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards) start off with a 'chain-of-thought' (CoT) in whatever language t…
6 months ago
“I take antidepressants. You’re welcome” by Elizabeth
It's amazing how much smarter everyone else gets when I take antidepressants.
It makes sense that the drugs work on other people, because there's …
6 months ago