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Bonn ACX Meetup Spring 2025
mrfox5mo10

Kann nur bis ca. 19 Uhr.

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(The) Lightcone is nothing without its people: LW + Lighthaven's big fundraiser
mrfox8mo40

I'm a student, I'm poor, take 50$. ^^

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Three Subtle Examples of Data Leakage
mrfox11mo2-2

"It's what everyone does" and "It's what we always do" are meaningful evidence that a given Leakage is more likely to be the bearable kind

 

Sounds more like evidence for cheap alpha to me, but I don't work in the field so I'll trust you on this one.

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A Socratic dialogue with my student
mrfox2y52

I reflected a bit and I think there isn't one. So it wasn't about the english after all :D. For me it's in two (somewhat intersecting) dichotomies:

  1. Being there for them, but giving them space to grow
  2. Being patient and not to expect unreasonable things of them, but not being condescending and meeting them on eye level ("auf Augenhöhe begegnen", don't know if that translates, but it's about meeting as equals. [Even if you're not technically, like squatting down to talk to a child on "their" terms, taking them seriously.])
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A Socratic dialogue with my student
mrfox2y45

I enjoyed this a lot. 
The interactions seem very kind/patient (I'm looking for a word with more nuance, but English isn't exactly my strong suit) , in a good way. The humor is also great, reminds me of someone, maybe Scott? Unsure.
 

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How can the world handle the HAMAS situation?
mrfox2y10

From your link: "A general lack of educational opportunities in poor Arab countries can also add to these facts. Research for the Arab League region estimates that about 100 million people ? almost one in three - struggle to read and write." I'm at best unsure how much cultute is the Problem. Even if "not reading" was a cutural pillar for arabs, that can be changed without subverting everything else.

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Contra Yudkowsky on Epistemic Conduct for Author Criticism
mrfox2y1011

I'm conflicted.
Upvoted because I strongly agree, downvoted because it would've been fine as a comment and appears to me as too much drama as a post (in its current form). You do seem to  acknowledge that in the end? Perhaps I would've appreciated it more if you focused on this:

The word epistemic is not just a verbal tic you can throw in front of anything to indicate approval of your internet cult. It means something.

as a refresher of sorts, used Yudkowsky comment as an example and kept it shorter.

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Bring back the Colosseums
mrfox2y120

There is Boxing/MMA or even Softair, depending in the Social Outlet required. What's the added benfit that trumps an (from my perspective negative) increased normalisation of real world violence?

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Malthusian Competition (not as bad as it seems)
mrfox2y40

The example must violate some assumptions behind the theory, but I'm not sure what.

Possibly because there is a harder limit on humans than on AI? Humans don't replicate very well. 

On a second thought, I don't think comparative holds if demand is exhausted. Comparative Advantage(at least the Ricardo version i know of) only focuses on the maximum amount of goods, not if they're actually needed. If there was more demand for paperclips/staples than there is Production by AI(s), Humans would focus on staples and AI (more) on paperclips. 

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