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The Possessed Machines is one of the most important AI microsites. It was published anonymously by an ex- lab employee, and does not seem to have spread very far, likely at least partly due to this anonymity (e.g. there is no LessWrong discussion at the time I'm posting this). This...
Originally published in No Set Gauge. Dido Building Carthage, J. M. W. Turner > In every technological revolution, we face a choice: build for freedom or watch as others build for control. > -Brendan McCord There are two moral frames that explain modern moral advances: utilitarianism and liberalism. Utilitarianism says:...
We've published an essay series on what we call the intelligence curse. Most content is brand new, and all previous writing has been heavily reworked. Visit intelligence-curse.ai for the full series. Below is the introduction and table of contents. Art by Nomads & Vagabonds. We will soon live in the...
Introduction Decision theory is about how to behave rationally under conditions of uncertainty, especially if this uncertainty involves being acausally blackmailed and/or gaslit by alien superintelligent basilisks. Decision theory has found numerous practical applications, including proving the existence of God and generating endless LessWrong comments since the beginning of time....
This is an all-in-one crosspost of a scenario I originally published in three parts on my blog, No Set Gauge. Links to the originals: * A History of the Future, 2025-2027 * A History of the Future, 2027-2030 * A History of the Future, 2030-2040 Thanks to Luke Drago, Duncan...
This post is crossposted from my Substack. Original here. A modified version of this essay is now part of a much more comprehensive essay series, The Intelligence Curse. Edited to add: The main takeaway of this post is meant to be: Labour-replacing AI will shift the relative importance of human...
Take a stereotypical fantasy novel, a textbook on mathematical logic, and Fifty Shades of Grey. Mix them all together and add extra weirdness for spice. The result might look a lot like Planecrash (AKA: Project Lawful), a work of fiction co-written by "Iarwain" (a pen-name of Eliezer Yudkowsky) and "lintamande"....