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2edge_retainer's Shortform
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edge_retainer4mo10

is there a term for ai related works ratio of increasing safety to capabilities? 

is there a list of the types of ai work that have the best ratio?

e.g. you would expect governance to probably have the best ratio

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What's up with AI's vision
edge_retainer4mo52

i have used tons of personal photos w/ kelsey's prompt, it has been extremely successful (>75% + never get's it wrong if one of my friends can guess it too), I'm confident none of these photos are on the internet and most aren't even that similar to existing photos. Creepily enough it's not half bad at figuring out where people are indoors as well (not as good, but like it got the neighborhood in Budapest I was in from a photo of a single room, with some items on a table). 

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Orienting to 3 year AGI timelines
edge_retainer7mo90

I've seen this take a few times about land values and I would bet against it. If society gets mega rich based on capital (and thus more or similarly inequality) I think the cultural capitals of the US (LA, NY, Bay, Chicago, Austin, etc.) and most beautiful places (Marin/Sonoma, Jackson hole, Park City, Aspen, Vail, Scotsdale, Florida Keys, Miami, Charleston, etc.) will continue to outpace everywhere else. 

Also the idea that New York is expensive because that's where the jobs are doesn't seem particularly true to me. Companies move to these places as much because they are trying to attract talent as the other way around. I know lots of students who went to my T20 university and got remote jobs. Approximately 0 of them want to move to ugly bumfuck even if it's basically free. The suburbs/exurbs maybe, but not rural Missouri. 

Now if there is a large wealth redistribution, which seem extremely unlikely given the timelines and current politics, I would agree. Also thinking construction will get cheaper is pretty questionable. The cost of construction in the US has skyrocketed largely because of regulations, new tech won't necessarily be able to fix this. 

 

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I would have shit in that alley, too
edge_retainer1y10

its a public externality, you don't need a government division to run bathrooms, you just need to do 1. + provide a subsidy

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Why I don't believe in the placebo effect
edge_retainer1y41

Yea, the Cochrane meta-study aggregates a bunch of heterogenous studies so the aggregated results are confusing to analyze. The unfortunate reality is that it is complicated to get a complete picture - one may have to look at the individual studies one by one if they truly want to come to a complete understanding of the lit. 

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Arjun Panickssery's Shortform
edge_retainer1y34

Betting against republicans and third parties on poly is a sound strategy, pretty clear they are marketing heavily towards republicans and the site has a crypto/republican bias. For anything controversial/political, if there is enough liq on manifold I generally trust it more (which sounds insane because fake money and all). 

That being said, I don't like the way Polymarket is run (posting the word r*tard over and over on Twitter, allowing racism in comments + discord, rugging one side on disputed outcomes, fake decentralization), so I would strongly consider not putting your money on PM and instead supporting other prediction markets, despite the possible high EV. 

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OpenAI: Fallout
edge_retainer1y21

As a trust fund baby who likes to think I care about the future of humanity, I can confidently say that I would at least consider it, though I'd probably take the money. 

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OpenAI: Fallout
edge_retainer1y123

Is anyone else shocked that no one before Daniel refused to sign? 
 

  • Someone who left on bad terms and was incredibly pissed at open ai
  • Interested in AI but has low marginal utility of money (academic, trust-fun baby, otherwise already rich)
  • Ethical grounds 

I guess I shouldn't be coming to this conclusion in 2024 but holy cow are people greedy. 

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