adamShimi

Karma: 6,646

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

Blogging at For Methods.

The Grapes of Hardness

adamShimiMar 11, 2025, 9:01 PM

8 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

Historiographical Compressions: Renaissance as An Example

adamShimiMar 1, 2025, 6:21 PM

17 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

Poetic Methods I: Meter as Communication Protocol

adamShimiFeb 1, 2025, 6:22 PM

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

Fragile, Robust, and Antifragile Preference Satisfaction

adamShimiNov 2, 2024, 5:25 PM

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

Oct 31, 2024, 12:01 PM

194 points

52 comments2 min readLW link

(www.thecompendium.ai)

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

adamShimiOct 9, 2024, 7:13 PM

8 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

Self-Help Corner: Loop Detection

adamShimiOct 2, 2024, 8:33 AM

88 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

My Methodological Turn

adamShimiSep 29, 2024, 3:01 PM

29 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(formethods.substack.com)

On the Role of Proto-Languages

adamShimiSep 22, 2024, 4:50 PM

54 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Compression Moves for Prediction

adamShimiSep 14, 2024, 5:51 PM

20 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

My Number 1 Epistemology Book Recommendation: Inventing Temperature

adamShimiSep 8, 2024, 2:30 PM

121 points

18 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

My Model of Epistemology

adamShimiAug 31, 2024, 5:01 PM

37 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

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

adamShimiAug 19, 2024, 2:05 PM

19 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Baking vs Patissing vs Cooking, the HPS explanation

adamShimiJul 17, 2024, 8:29 PM

30 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Robert Caro And Mechanistic Models In Biography

adamShimiJul 14, 2024, 10:56 AM

24 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Managing Emotional Potential Energy

adamShimiJul 10, 2024, 6:20 PM

24 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

The Golden Mean of Scientific Virtues

adamShimiJul 8, 2024, 5:16 PM

12 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

Minimalist And Maximalist Type Systems

adamShimiJul 5, 2024, 4:25 PM

17 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

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Libs vs Frameworks, Middle-Level Regularities vs Theories

adamShimiJul 4, 2024, 7:01 PM

23 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

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Static Analysis As A Lifestyle

adamShimiJul 3, 2024, 6:29 PM

65 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

(epistemologicalfascinations.substack.com)

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