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I have 0 exposure to cryptocurrencies and I don't work in that industry, but the recent news about FTX plummeting to the ground have left me thinking quite a bit. It's extremely surprising how a person can go from one day being considered a "genius" or a shrewd business man...

https://www.predictit.org/platform-announcements > The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn the No-Action letter (NAL) issued to Victoria University of Wellington and under which PredictIt has operated since 2014. What does the LW community think about this happening for PredictIt in particular, and prediction markets in general?

In my short-form, I write: > [...] This is way more obvious and way more clear in Inadequate Equilibria. Take a problem, a question and deconstruct it completely. It was concise and to the point, I think it's one of the best things Eliezer has written; I cannot recommend it...

Scott Aaronson uploaded a review about The AI Does Not Hate You, a book by Tom Chivers. The book: > This is a book about AI and AI risk. But it's also more importantly about a community of people who are trying to think rationally about intelligence, and the places...