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The Ideological Spiral
A natural consequence of living in a democracy
Jun 13
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Gabe
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Excuses and foregone conclusions
In this post I talk about excuses.
Jun 9
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Alex
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May 2025
A Simple Case for Studying Morals
Morals are hard. Studying them improve things for everyone, collectively and individually.
May 22
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Gabe
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AI Alignment based on Intentions does not work
Whether someone wants to be good to someone else, and whether they are actually good for them, are two very different questions.
May 20
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Gabe
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AI Alignment based on Intentions does not work
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Compulsions, Traumas, Trolls, and Entropy
Know your enemy.
May 13
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Gabe
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Compulsions, Traumas, Trolls, and Entropy
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The Ethics of Superintelligence
We haven't developed them.
May 7
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Gabe
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"Incentives" is Astrology for Nerds
A short follow-up rant to intentions-based reasoning.
May 6
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Gabe
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"Incentives" is Astrology for Nerds
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Intention-based reasoning
Random Rant
May 4
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Gabe
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Intention-based reasoning
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December 2024
The three main AI Safety stances
Does aligning LLMs translate to aligning superintelligence?
Dec 26, 2024
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Gabe
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The three main AI Safety stances
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A common type of time sink
A common failure mode in which people sink large amounts of time and effort into distractions.
Dec 21, 2024
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Alex
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Ideologies are slow.
Don't dumb yourself by thinking through ideologies.
Dec 21, 2024
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Gabe
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Ideologies are slow.
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November 2024
On trying to do something by frowning really hard
There is a very common pattern that people can engage in when they fail to perform an action that they want to perform.
Nov 5, 2024
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Alex
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On trying to do something by frowning really hard
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