Steff

My worst post on LW of all time is Boltzmann brains, like Doomsday, require no explaining. It's currently sitting at -18, which I think would be fair if my argument presented was mistaken. However, no one has of yet has shown me where my argument goes wrong. So, I'm back...

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” — James Clear, Atomic Habits “We cannot improve results ‘directly.’ It can only be achieved by improving those processes [...] that produce results.” — Orest Fiume The much discussed “P(doom)” question asks...

Sometimes it can feel to me like the worst enemy of utilitarians are utilitarians. Normies are going to get turned off to utilitarianism when they see things like Nikole Hannah-Jones hurting her own daughter's education, SBF trying to advance EA through financial fraud—regardless of the underlying truth of such claims....

A certain professor of English, Dr. Judkins, gives a highly-sought-after ten-student creative-writing seminar every year. His skill at writing is surpassed only by his skill at education, and he’s a favorite of all his students for his constant font of kindness and support. With his wife, though, he’s willing to...

This isn't a post, just a question. With Inkhaven 3 and NaNoWriMo approaching, it's got me thinking about writing challenges. Inkhaven's challenge, if I understand it correctly, is to write a new blog post every single day for thirty days. I'm wondering, if I were to attempt this: Would my...

By the end of this post, I will present a challenge. The goal: To make ChatGPT follow a particular set of instructions. There’s nothing too complicated about these instructions, nor do they violate any OpenAI policies. They’re perhaps a bit unusual, but nothing esoteric. They’d be considered labor intensive for...

Last month, Claude tangled me into a web it weaved, obeying the letter of my command while yet practicing to deceive, in a way that was strikingly resemblant of how a human might behave when exhausted, lethargic, or jaded. Not long after that, I noticed yet another behavior that was...