adamShimi

Karma: 6,593

Epistemologist specialized in the difficulties of alignment and how to solve AI X-Risks. Currently at Conjecture.

Blogging at For Methods.

Fragile, Robust, and Antifragile Preference Satisfaction

adamShimi2 Nov 2024 17:25 UTC

19 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

The Compendium, A full argument about extinction risk from AGI

adamShimi, Gabriel Alfour, Connor Leahy, Chris Scammell and Andrea_Miotti

31 Oct 2024 12:01 UTC

188 points

49 comments2 min readLW link

(www.thecompendium.ai)

Triangulating My Interpretation of Methods: Black Boxes by Marco J. Nathan

adamShimi9 Oct 2024 19:13 UTC

8 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

Self-Help Corner: Loop Detection

adamShimi2 Oct 2024 8:33 UTC

87 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

My Methodological Turn

adamShimi29 Sep 2024 15:01 UTC

29 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

On the Role of Proto-Languages

adamShimi22 Sep 2024 16:50 UTC

54 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Compression Moves for Prediction

adamShimi14 Sep 2024 17:51 UTC

20 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

My Number 1 Epistemology Book Recommendation: Inventing Temperature

adamShimi8 Sep 2024 14:30 UTC

116 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

My Model of Epistemology

adamShimi31 Aug 2024 17:01 UTC

35 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

[Question] What are the best resources for building gears-level models of how governments actually work?

adamShimi19 Aug 2024 14:05 UTC

19 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Baking vs Patissing vs Cooking, the HPS explanation

adamShimi17 Jul 2024 20:29 UTC

30 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Robert Caro And Mechanistic Models In Biography

adamShimi14 Jul 2024 10:56 UTC

24 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Managing Emotional Potential Energy

adamShimi10 Jul 2024 18:20 UTC

23 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

The Golden Mean of Scientific Virtues

adamShimi8 Jul 2024 17:16 UTC

12 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Minimalist And Maximalist Type Systems

adamShimi5 Jul 2024 16:25 UTC

17 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Libs vs Frameworks, Middle-Level Regularities vs Theories

adamShimi4 Jul 2024 19:01 UTC

23 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Static Analysis As A Lifestyle

adamShimi3 Jul 2024 18:29 UTC

65 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Assigning Praise and Blame: Decoupling Epistemology and Decision Theory

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

27 Jan 2023 18:16 UTC

59 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Lost in Innovation: The Case of Phlogiston

adamShimi20 Jan 2023 12:19 UTC

19 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(epistemologicalvigilance.substack.com)

Group-level Consequences of Psychological Problems

adamShimi and Gabriel Alfour

19 Jan 2023 9:27 UTC

28 points

3 comments2 min readLW link