PhD student at @UofT working on AI alignment theory. Heavily tattooed. Research Lead at principledagents.org. Blog: crossingtherubicon.substack.…
Joined January 2018
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The EA forum is basically tied with the Fine Homebuilding forum in uses of the term "load-bearing". 2995 for the EA forum vs 3029 for Fine Homebuilding
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Every TV show should have one episode called "Future Imperfect" about an evil future and one episode called "Fearful Symmetry" about evil clones TBH.
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not getting in the first 0.1c starship because i don’t want to be 0.2cmogged in 30 years
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The optimal number of things that are actually zero is nonzero
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I'm excited to announce Principled Agents, a research nonprofit! Our aim is to develop principled solutions for core problems in AI alignment, ensuring the goals we give AGI are beneficial and safe. We're currently hiring and running a monthly discussion group, see below.
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The Researcher and Research Assistant roles start as remote, contract positions, but we hope to make full-time offers with in-person options. The details and application forms are at principledagents.org/hiring, please share with anyone you think could be a good fit.
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Our discussion group meets monthly to discuss new research that ties together incentive theory and AI alignment. You can sign up for the mailing list at principledagents.org/discuss…, and suggest presenters (including yourself!) by emailing contact@principledagents.org. (3/3)
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Same with theorems
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everything is folk music because folks be making the music
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I recently learned that SFF lets grantees choose to receive "matching" funding rather than the same amount guaranteed. I think it's dishonest and manipulative to fundraise further based on SFF matching donations without disclosing that the extra pressure was entirely optional.
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Rubi Hudson retweeted
Some simple & creative ways to say you're not enjoying a social event: "did you mean for this to be type 2 fun?" "do you typically exempt your events from counterfactual use of time considerations?" "is the feedback form anonymous?"
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Quebecois guy making shepherd's pie: "You met me at a very Chinese time in my life"
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Rubi Hudson retweeted
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Someone told me that saying “R & R” will make you sound like an Australian saying “oh no” and I can’t get over it
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The frame from frame mogged frame mogged frame, in framing the frame of frame mogged
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magical realism is a perspective according to which wizards cast spells at each other to compete for power in a rationally self-interested manner
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Quantum Immortality also implies Quantum Insomnia. If you're not an insomniac, that's evidence for the SSA over the SIA.
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🚨: Quantum Immortality suggests that you can’t die, because every time you “die,” you shift into a universe where you survived
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John Tukey:
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Gauss invented the FFT algorithm in 1805. Cooley and Tukey reinvented it in 1965.
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I always follow the Chatham House Rule, because I can never remember who said what
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"996" is so uninspired as a term. Back when I was in consulting, we used to call it "working half-days".
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