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This bet would've paid major dividends in hindsight. Is there a way to bet on OpenAI and Anthropic or other AI safety focused labs to both give them more access to capital and to make a profit? Nvidia stock has already ballooned quite a bit, and seems to be mostly duel use. Also I'm not confident about the safety credibility of many other AI companies. Although scoring each major foundation model building company for safety would be a useful project to do... (Pondering if I should do this)

I'm asking this mostly to see if anyone else has already done their homework on this question.

Answer by SmokeAndMirrors40

What did you end up choosing to study with data science? I'm in a bootcamp choosing a topic and I have been brainstorming ideas like crazy recently, and would be happy to discuss this more with you if you are interested. 

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So far nothing, was distracted by other stuff in my life. Yes, let's chat! frombranestobrains@gmail.com

I see a hilarious and inspiring similarity between your story and mine. 

In high school, I realized that I enjoyed reflecting on topics to achieve coherence, discussing mechanisms of superficial phenomena, and wanted everyone to be happy on a deep level. So I created a religion, because, of course, I wanted to save the world.  I thought other religions were a failed attempt to incorporate modern positive psychology learnings (which had "solved happiness") into moral theories but I wanted to use the meme potential of social phenomena like religion ... (read more)

Answer by SmokeAndMirrors40

So I was brainstorming recently with a friend about this very topic: how to convince someone to support a goal of rationality (existential risk reduction, AI study), who doesn't enjoy engaging in rational reasoning.  Like I'd love to be able to persuade my random gen pop friend to be vegetarian, or think about the real disparities in the world, or about the implications of our actions if they were scaled up. 

2 possible strategies I came up with, and all border on Rhetoric, Persuasion, and I guess the Dark Arts in general are

Inspiration: "Inspire"... (read more)

Answer by SmokeAndMirrors30

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  1. My car's parking spot in my apartment complex. Lots of fits and jumps here and there, But it always ends up settled at home with only short trips elsewhere. I wonder if it would be considered some type of split equilibrium because of how long it stays at work often (36hrs /week).
  2. Humidity in my apartment. We have a dehumidifier set to 45 all year round (live in Oregon and got mold last year).
  3. My need for social activity acts a bit like an equilibrium with me taking actions to increase social activity if I'm feeling anti-social, or decrease it if
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