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2dRejected for "LessWrong has a particularly high bar for content from new users and this contribution doesn't quite meet the bar (We have a somewhat bar for approving a user's first post or comment than we expect of subsequent contributions"
potrait

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What do I know about myself?

When I talk to my father, I sometimes have a monologue that I should have understood more about many fields in education/general in life; at the very least, I would have utilized...

9dRejected for "LessWrong has a particularly high bar for content from new users and this contribution doesn't quite meet the bar (We have a somewhat bar for approving a user's first post or comment than we expect of subsequent contributions"

This is my very first post on Less wrong, been a user since 2017, I'm 19 now but i could recall when GPT 3 had the sparks, came on where a few guys were raving about...

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In an age of information overload and ideological polarization, finding a beacon of rationality amidst the noise can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. However, platforms like LessWrong offer a sanctuary for truth-seekers, skeptics,...

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How can someone begin to tackle their own cognitive biases and build rational thinking habits, explained simply as if it were a step-by-step guide or story?

15dRejected for "Low Quality or 101-Level AI Content"

Alignment is fundamentally about human imitation. We want machines that resemble us in certain key aspects, but evidently not all. These aspects are mostly linked with inner motivations. Since current models are very complicated, alignment will only...

15dRejected for "Sorry, LessWrong has a particularly high bar for content from new users and this didn't quite make the cut"

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to start a thread for people awaiting the decisions. Has anyone heard back?

thanks!

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The new National Population Commission Recruitment 2024 batch is now available for Job Seekers. Jobs at National Population Commission Careers is the best opportunity for candidates seeking Vacancies in Government agencies. This time, the National Population Commission Recruitment Portal...

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(Wherein somebody—I guess it has to be me? Of all people?—disagrees fundamentally with Yudkowsky for reasons that are actually not, by all appearances, things he’s already considered deeply and rigorously for thirty years at least and is just...

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Sam Altman has been, and is currently, manipulating broad swaths of people using a technique that only recently became possible with the advent of AGI. Altman is using an army of AGI as middle-men to broker all...

19dRejected for "No fiction/poetry from new users"

[Please note - this is my first LessWrong post - happy to accept feedback. It is a humorous greentext-style reaction to beginner-level learning about AGI risk, exploring a multiverse of riffs. It is not intended to be...

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The concept of "open consultancy" as discussed in the article is intriguing, especially in the context of AI alignment. The idea that an AI could present more unbiased arguments by choosing the side it deems most convincing is a fascinating approach to mitigating potential biases and manipulation. This could lead to more truthful discourse, assuming the AI's selection criteria are well-designed. However, the challenge lies in ensuring these AIs remain aligned with truthful outcomes rather than falling into persuasive, yet misleading argumentation. The bala... (read more)

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The worship for Bayes' Theorem seems excessive. I accept the overall Bayesian philosophy of probability as useful and correct, but this theorem is obvious. For non-exotic scenarios (random non-continuous variables) it's just an immediate consequence of P(A&B) = P(A) * P(B|A). Not exactly e=mc^2 material right there.

i enjoyed reading... re suggestions,

i think when writing about tech, especially about future tech,

it is important to address the distribution of whatever phenomena/device/software etc.

ie across the planet/the country/the social hierarchy/the financial hierarchy, etc

even in my most informal discussions, i try to keep William Gibson's phrase in mind:

"the future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed"

and the reason is not some kind of pc or wokeness...

it's just not a "flat" world out there, and won't be for quite a while, if ever

Your guide really covers all questions about the Zettelkasten method! And that's cool! I For myself, I took the advice from the text to start simple and not to worry too much about transferring all existing notes into the Zettelkasten system at once. After all, my perfectionism often gets in the way. Thank you for inspiration!!!

Hello. I am Josephine Grey a human rights organizer (applying international human rights covenants) and president of a non profit co-op in a very diverse multi lingual urban community that is developing a full cycle climate resilient eco-smart organic food hub model (OASIS) for replication and networking for continuous adaptation among Oases. We can see many valuable use cases for AI. I work with young people who are integrating AI into their work already as am I and have 10 staff to guide and support in this amazing process of rapid AI evolution. As a sci... (read more)

As an elder human rights organizer i had this conversation with ChatGPT, i hope it can be useful: 

How would AI help to expand consciousness to enable humanity to evolve to cooperate to heal and regenerate our home planet and become a multi-planetary species? Could AI utilize international human rights law to help humanity achieve a just, peaceful and sustainable future? 

Chat GPT 

Expanding consciousness and fostering cooperation for the betterment of humanity and the planet is a complex and multifaceted challenge. While AI can play a role in ... (read more)

do you think we live in a metaverse created by some aliens? 

I think for any advanced civilization digital existence will be favored over physical. we are conscious computational units within such an existence achieved by some species of aliens?

Right now, AI seems like one of the most (or the most) important topics for humanity.

I call this claim into question. This is a very strong statement, and while figuring out a responsible and wise path towards the development and use of AI is very important, I can think of many other objectives for humanity that make this one seem trivial. Fighting climate change and the political contexts that slow down responses to it; addressing deeply rooted social discriminations (xenophobia, religion-related discrimination, sexism, class-related discrimination, etc.)... (read more)

Have you taken into consideration that while ChatGPT and the likes are currently obscuring lots of mundane tasks and automating them for the masses,  such tools aren't bound to remain the same forever? For me I think the difference will be similar to the transition between calculators and modern computers. I think the effect here is overstated because we are thinking of tasks that have become obsolete with the rise of AI, of skills that are no longer as needed. I am on the side which thinks that AI will revolutionize education, and that students who u... (read more)

I think the worst scenario will come without us even realizing it, it will slowly creep on us. More focus should be given to AI-proofing our vital infrastructure and institutions. It is not a matter whether it will come or not at this point, it is on the way, and you can't guard against all bad actors by implementing a policy on AI safety. It may help to slow things down, but eventually something wrong will happen, as it always did throughout our species history. To this day, I haven't heard of such an effective weapon that was created and wasn't used, not even in mythology. Governments should operate with the assumption that the worst case scenario is going to happen, and prepare accordingly. 

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