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Back to Search“A History of the Future, 2025-2040” by L Rudolf L
This is an all-in-one crosspost of a scenario I originally published in three parts on my blog (No Set Gauge). Links to the originals:
A History of t…
1 year, 2 months ago
“It’s been ten years. I propose HPMOR Anniversary Parties.” by Screwtape
On March 14th, 2015, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality made its final post. Wrap parties were held all across the world to read the ending …
1 year, 2 months ago
“Some articles in ‘International Security’ that I enjoyed” by Buck
A friend of mine recently recommended that I read through articles from the journal International Security, in order to learn more about internationa…
1 year, 2 months ago
“The Failed Strategy of Artificial Intelligence Doomers” by Ben Pace
This is the best sociological account of the AI x-risk reduction efforts of the last ~decade that I've seen. I encourage folks to engage with its cri…
1 year, 2 months ago
“Murder plots are infohazards” by Chris Monteiro
Hi all
I've been hanging around the rationalist-sphere for many years now, mostly writing about transhumanism, until things started to change in 2016 …
1 year, 2 months ago
“Why Did Elon Musk Just Offer to Buy Control of OpenAI for $100 Billion?” by garrison
This is the full text of a post from "The Obsolete Newsletter," a Substack that I write about the intersection of capitalism, geopolitics, and artif…
1 year, 2 months ago
“The ‘Think It Faster’ Exercise” by Raemon
Ultimately, I don’t want to solve complex problems via laborious, complex thinking, if we can help it. Ideally, I'd want to basically intuitively fol…
1 year, 2 months ago
“So You Want To Make Marginal Progress...” by johnswentworth
Once upon a time, in ye olden days of strange names and before google maps, seven friends needed to figure out a driving route from their parking lot…
1 year, 2 months ago
“What is malevolence? On the nature, measurement, and distribution of dark traits” by David Althaus
Summary
In this post, we explore different ways of understanding and measuring malevolence and explain why individuals with concerning levels of mal…
1 year, 2 months ago
“How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years” by joshc
I’m not a natural “doomsayer.” But unfortunately, part of my job as an AI safety researcher is to think about the more troubling scenarios.
I’m like …
1 year, 2 months ago