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Software engineer. Not really a rationalist; not at all an Effective Altruist whatsoever.

Local action group leader @ PauseAI Reno (part of PauseAI US).

My writing: https://connorsscratchpad.substack.com/

Connor Williams

Software engineer. Not really a rationalist; not at all an Effective Altruist whatsoever.

Local action group leader @ PauseAI Reno (part of PauseAI US).

My writing: https://connorsscratchpad.substack.com/

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Connor Williams

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Software engineer. Not really a rationalist; not at all an Effective Altruist whatsoever.

Local action group leader @ PauseAI Reno (part of PauseAI US).

My writing: https://connorsscratchpad.substack.com/

Connor Williams

Software engineer. Not really a rationalist; not at all an Effective Altruist whatsoever.

Local action group leader @ PauseAI Reno (part of PauseAI US).

My writing: https://connorsscratchpad.substack.com/

AI breakout times: a mechanism for an enforceable AI pause

The old Iran deal aimed to keep Iran at least one year away from having a nuclear bomb. Similar controls can be used to design an enforceable AI pause. [Note: this is probably a bit underspecified in a few places. I deliberately accelerated the pace at which I wrote this...

Sep 5•8

The central fallacy: the second-worst argument in the world

In 2012, Scott Alexander wrote about what he considered to be “the worst argument in the world”. Essentially, the form of this argument, as he laid out, is to use the inherent characteristics of a category to criticize a noncentral or marginal member of that category. In doing so, you...

Aug 26•12