Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the...
The Extinction Risk Preference Cascade: Quotes
These are quotes from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google employees, in the wake of Jacob Coxon’s warnings, in which the employees confirm that they think AI might soon kill everyone.
Is this the meaning of life? | John Stewart
John Stewart: Developments in evolutionary theory suggest we have a central role to play in the future of the universe
When Monsters Walk Among Us
More than four decades ago, the Greek composer and public intellectual Manos Hadjidakis issued a warning that now reads less like a reflection on fascism than a prophecy of our own time. The greatest danger, he suggested, comes when we grow accustomed to the monster, when its presence no longer shocks the conscience and its violence begins to merge with the routines of everyday life. Tolerance does not diminish the monster; it multiplies the conditions that allow it to flourish, strengthening its presence in public life until monstrosity itself acquires the authority to govern. In this instance, the collapse of conscience is inseparable from the uncoupling of “belief from judgment, conviction from action.”
Explorable - Think Outside The Box - Research, Experiments, Psychology, Self-Help
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default." - J.K. Rowling
Why major life decisions should be approached with ‘epistemic humility’ | Psyche Videos
At a crossroads in life? No matter how much you deliberate, one unknowable remains: the person you will be on the other side
The Backward Mentality to Finding Victory - Mockingbird
It Doesn't Always Pay to Be a Thinker
Post-Meritocracy – Will Scott
A defining characteristic of the industrialized world has been the promise of meritocracy: if you’re smart and work hard, you can improve your position in life. The promise has always had limits, and class mobility has often been more aspiration than reality, but the belief itself has been a driving motivation for much of society.…
On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
"There are no guarantees that things are going to turn out very well for anyone.”
On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
"There are no guarantees that things are going to turn out very well for anyone.”
On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
"There are no guarantees that things are going to turn out very well for anyone.”
A Theory Of Scott Alexander which I find persuasive 20/
A Theory Of Scott Alexander which I find persuasive20/ https://t.co/RW6w7QUgz5— Jonathan Korman 🟣 (@miniver) February 19, 2021
The Jevons Paradox of AI - Wesley's notes
Why AI can make us more productive but will never save us time
Can Longtermism Save Us All?
William MacAskill, author of What We Owe the Future, and Robert Wright debate longtermism.
