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"New science" phooey. Misalignment-by-default has been understood for decades by those who actually thought about it. S. Omohundro, 2008: "Abstract. One might imagine that AI syste…

Tesla is losing money hand over fist No, it's not. Its 2024 operating income was $7B. SpaceX is losing money No, it's not. It reached profitability in 2023 and has substantially gr…

Exactly, just like SpaceX did in launch vehicles, and Tesla did in car manufacturing.

"... I’m sure I remember a much younger Eliezer Yudkowsky cautioning that Doug Lenat should have perceived a non-zero chance of hard takeoff at the moment of its birth." https://ww…

The Many-worlds Interpretation explains the subjective randomness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation

Hi Tobias, thanks for dropping into the thread. When this kind of software becomes mature enough that a consultant can install a robotic arm on a factory line, and quickly (several…

From the 4th paragraph: >They found the most mass-efficient path involves launching a crew from Earth with just enough fuel to get into orbit around the Earth. A fuel-producing pla…