The official audio version of Astral Codex Ten, with an archive of posts from Slate Star Codex. It's
People are talking about British economic decline. Not just the decline from bestriding the world in
This month’s big news in forecasting: the Forecasting Research Institute has released the results of
Elon Musk has a new AI company, xAI. I appreciate that he seems very concerned about alignment. F
[This is one of the finalists in the 2023 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will rem
What is the Social Model Of Disability? I’ll let its proponents describe it in their own words (emph
Matt Yglesias’ five-year old son asks: why do we send the top students to the best colleges? Why not
Finalist #8 in the Book Review Contest [This is one of the finalists in the 2023 book review contest
[Remember, I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting e
Machine Alignment Monday, 7/3/2023 Tom Davidson’s Compute-Centric Framework report forecasts a conti
[Epistemic status: very uncertain about Part II; more convinced about Part III] I. This is the big q
I. Bryan Caplan thinks he’s debating me about mental illness. He’s not. Sometimes he posts some thou
Warning: This post might give vulnerable people new sensory sensitivities Everyone hates flashing
(Includes full article narration.) I have an article summarizing attempts to forecast AI progress, i
Machine Alignment Monday 6/19/23 The face of Mt. Everest is gradual and continuous; for each point o
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Unfortunately I hate many of you. Only the ones with Twitter accounts. If you don’t have one of thos
You know all the stuff we’ve been talking about here the past few years - mental mountains, trapped
Finalist #4 in the Book Review Contest [This is one of the finalists in the 2023 book review contest
