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The question I wanted to raise is: are state-of-the-art artificial intelligences gaining the ability to create control loops, i.e. systems with goals and sensors.

The problem is that performance and reliability are issues that creep up and by the time they're a problem, they are much more expensive to fix than if they had been first class pr…

What's the difference between caring and affecting behavior? If people cancel their subscriptions after a major outage, wouldn't it be reasonable to interpret that some of them car…

Do you mean dog astronaut as an example of a lie? Because there have been dog astronauts.

That's my impression as well. It's an interesting question. If you want to read more, the two researchers quoted in the book that I was summarizing are Justin Marshal and Mike Land…

Ya, that's a lovely comic, but it appears to be a misconception. That comic is actually specifically called out in the book on page 107. It's more like a 12 color lookup table. > E…

If you frame it as ignorance, the next step is to enlighten the other side with the factual arguments you want to make. "The threat landscape isn't as bad as you claim it is." "Mas…

I think hide implies intent to deceive. It's often more like conscious and sub-conscious reasoning. We constantly tell a story to ourselves about our motives. We're impulsive and w…

How about mouthwash first thing in the morning to nuke the bacteria without coating your mouth in fluoride?

https://ryanblakeley.net/dogs - I train dogs part-time. I specialize in fixing extreme behavior problems, but I also do advanced training for dogs that are already well-behaved. I …

Oh man I love that description! It makes me think how exercise is like a contest against physical limits, which are knowable. Hard work leads to heavier lifts or longer runs. But w…

It's remarkable that I so often lapse in my meditation practice when it's such a short time commitment and so consistently improves my mood. I tell myself that morning yoga is enou…

Reminds of the running joke in Land of the Lost where Will Ferrel's character, Dr. Marshall, keeps slagging off the T. rex for it's small brain.

Agreed. If you, as the interviewer, can't ascertain an applicant's ability to do the job, after chatting with them for an hour or two, you aren't qualified to hire for that positio…

"condone" means accept, allow, approve. I think you intended the opposite.

It's also a reflection of history. Powerful people and groups time and time again have used power to pursue selfish goals while inflicting suffering on others. Power corrupts.

That's interesting. Prior to July I did get replies, but they never fixed anything. "Thanks we'll pass this on to the dev team" but then nothing. I think that's normal but not grea…

Have any writers migrated from Substack to Ghost? Substack support has been nonexistent for the past 6 months. I've reached out about a handful of broken features and get no respon…

That's a lesson I wish more software engineers would internalize. Novelty is a reliable way introduce failure modes. That was my main takeaway from a book that was mostly about bri…

I like the idea that aliens are here but they reveal just enough of themselves to be at the top of our hierarchy without getting close enough to hurt us or make us hate them. They'…