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Feature Suggestion: add a number to the hidden author names.
I enjoy keeping the author names hidden when reading the site, but find it difficult to follow comment threads when there isn't a persistent id for each poster. I think a number would suffice while keeping the hiddenness.
This has unironically increased the levels of fun in my life
If you already have the concept, you only need a pointer. If you don't have the concept, you need the whole construction. [1]
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1Yay! I've always been a big fan of the art you guys did on the books. The Least Wrong page has a sort of official magazine feel I like due to the extra design.
Completed the survey. I liked the additional questions you added, and the overall work put into this. Thanks!
Oh, got it.
I mean, that still sounds fine to me? I'd rather know about a cool article because it's highly upvoted (and the submitter getting money for that) than not know about the article at all.
If the money starts being significant I can imagine authors migrating to the sites where they can get money for their writing. (I imagine this has already happened a bit with things like substack)
You get money for writing posts that people like. Upvoting posts doesn't get you money. I imagine that creats an incentive to write posts. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you?
non.io is a reddit clone that costs 1$ to subscribe, and then it splits the money towards those users you upvote more of. I think it's an interesting idea worth watching.
If you can code, build a small AI with the fast.ai course. This will (hopefully) be fun while also showing you particular holes in your knowledge to improve, rather than a vague feeling of "learn more".
If you want to follow along with more technical papers, you need to know the math of machine learning: linear algebra, multivariable calculus, and probability theory. For Agent Foundations work, you'll need more logic and set theory type stuff.
MIRI has some recommendations for textbooks here. There's also the Study Guide and this sequence on leveling up.
3blue1brown's Youtube has good videos for a lot of this, if that's the medium you like.
If you like non-standard fiction, some people like Project Lawful.
At the end of the day, it's not a super well-defined field that has clear on-ramps into the deeper ends. You just gotta start somewhere, and follow your curiosity. Have fun!