titotal

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I’m a computational physicist, I generally donate to global health. I am skeptical of AI x-risk and of big R Rationalism, and I intend explaining why in great detail.

Motivation gaps: Why so much EA criticism is hostile and lazy

titotal22 Apr 2024 11:49 UTC

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[Draft] The humble cosmologist’s P(doom) paradox

titotal16 Mar 2024 11:13 UTC

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The Leeroy Jenkins principle: How faulty AI could guarantee “warning shots”

titotal14 Jan 2024 15:03 UTC

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titotal’s Quick takes

titotal9 Dec 2023 0:25 UTC

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Why Yudkowsky is wrong about “covalently bonded equivalents of biology”

titotal6 Dec 2023 14:09 UTC

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“Diamondoid bacteria” nanobots: deadly threat or dead-end? A nanotech investigation

titotal29 Sep 2023 14:01 UTC

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The bullseye framework: My case against AI doom

titotal30 May 2023 11:52 UTC

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Bandgaps, Brains, and Bioweapons: The limitations of computational science and what it means for AGI

titotal26 May 2023 15:57 UTC

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Why AGI systems will not be fanatical maximisers (unless trained by fanatical humans)

titotal17 May 2023 11:58 UTC

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How “AGI” could end up being many different specialized AI’s stitched together

titotal8 May 2023 12:32 UTC

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Nuclear brinksmanship is not a good AI x-risk strategy

titotal30 Mar 2023 22:07 UTC

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How my community successfully reduced sexual misconduct

titotal11 Mar 2023 13:50 UTC

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Does EA understand how to apologize for things?

titotal15 Jan 2023 19:14 UTC

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Cryptocurrency is not all bad. We should stay away from it anyway.

titotal11 Dec 2022 13:59 UTC

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AGI Battle Royale: Why “slow takeover” scenarios devolve into a chaotic multi-AGI fight to the death

titotal22 Sep 2022 15:00 UTC

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Chaining the evil genie: why “outer” AI safety is probably easy

titotal30 Aug 2022 13:55 UTC

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