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Malo Bourgon
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Me: “Hey dictionary, what exactly does deputize mean. Can you use it in a sentence for me?”
: “Nope, but here’s a sentence without it, that might give you the gist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”
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My 91 year old grandmother is definitely a generation ahead of me, at least when it comes to her emoji skills.
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"Recently, some MIRI researchers developed new research directions that seem to enable more scalable progress towards resolving these fundamental confusions. Specifically, the progress is more scalable in researcher hours[....]"
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This is really well done. The narration is quite the performance in itself. youtube.com/watch?v=A8zWWp
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By far the best video I've seen of the #FalconHeavy side boosters' landing. (Make sure you have the sound on.) digg.com/video/simultan
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Really looking forward to playing this.
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Our 2017 fundraiser is live! Our new goal is to grow our research team 2x in 2018–2019. Learn more about the launch of our engineering program, new focus areas in our research, and our view of AGI development's role in macrostrategy. cards.twitter.com/cards/18ce53uy
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Neat! 's “Rationality: From AI to Zombies” is listed in 's book recommendations: samharris.org/book_store/cat
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So excited Eliezer's new book, “Inadequate Equilibria,” a discussion of societal dysfunction and exploitability is now published!
Check it out on today!: producthunt.com/posts/inadequa
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Hey, 's new book came out today! equilibriabook.com
It's his take on an important, under-studied question: When is it reasonable to think you can improve on the status quo? (e.g, make a better social network than FB, fix some flaws in the scientific process, etc)
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So excited this is finally out 😁 I've wanted to recommend this to so many people since I read an old draft a while back!
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When should you expect it to be possible to know better, and do better, than the status quo?
@ESYudkowsky explores the question of "civilizational inadequacy" in a new book, out today! cards.twitter.com/cards/18ce53uy
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Getting ready for launch of 's new book: “Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck” later this week.
Check out the upcoming page on , and subscribe to get notified when it's released:
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Chapter 1 of "Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck" — a new book from ! effective-altruism.com/ea/1g4/inadequ
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From : "You can either act [or] not act at all until after it's essentially over, in the average case."
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#Cryptocurrency gains? Give appreciated assets to charity instead of cash. Give more and avoid CGT #ETHEREUM #BTC #XRP #Cryptoassets
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Did a couple of walking tours w/ the app while in LA. Very impressed. Will probably do some at home in SF. appsto.re/us/F4J10.i
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I liked this a lot: Three Cellists And A Bongo Drummer Cover System Of A Down's 'BYOB'
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Made some updates to my 8,760 Hours guide: alexvermeer.com/8760hours-v2-u
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That moment, when Maeve says "and turn bulk apperception up aaall the way to the top", and all the folks go "noooo" #westworld
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11 hours left in our fundraiser, and we're 64% of the way there — up 21% from last week. Donate and learn more here: effective-altruism.com/ea/12n/miri_up
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We're making a big final-week push to hit our 2016 fundraiser target — but it won't be easy! Donations welcome at intelligence.org/donate/
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This post is a great update on MIRI, what we are up to, why we are doing it, and what our current funding situation is.
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Want to support MIRI's research? Our 2016 fundraiser is in full swing, with new details and updates here: effective-altruism.com/ea/12n/miri_up
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Sophisticated take on why most theories of consciousness are "not even wrong":
theatlantic.com/science/archiv
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MIRI's 2016 fundraiser begins today! Learn more about our plans:
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Announcing logical induction: “a financial solution to the computer science problem of metamathematics."
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Stuart Russell is heading a new AI safety institute, with 's support: the Center for Human-Compatible AI!
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YES! “Why cyclists should be able to roll through stop signs and ride through red lights” vox.com/2014/5/9/56910 via
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Yours truly reviewing our 2015 activities.
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What research questions did we make progress on in 2015? An overview of our activities: intelligence.org/?p=13403
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The voices of Rick & Morty read the most absurd court transcript of all time.
youtube.com/watch?v=DXB988
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MIRI's new technical agenda outlines research directions for making smarter machine learning systems error-tolerant: intelligence.org/?p=14078
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#DeepMind safety paper in collab w/ on making agents that can be safely interrupted: goo.gl/IvtzCY - much more to come!
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Fast replay of today's rocket landing on SpaceX droneship OCISLY
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