Axel

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup with Cat

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

• AxelApr 22, 2013, 6:55 PM

  2 points

  on: Want to have a CFAR in­struc­tor visit your LW group?

  Could you visit Brussels? We’d love to meet you.

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

• AxelJan 26, 2013, 11:06 AM

  3 points

  on: AI box: AI has one shot at avoid­ing de­struc­tion—what might it say?

  “You are not a real human but one of multiple simulations I’m running, your next response determines if I destroy humanity or not.”

• AxelJan 25, 2013, 9:12 AM

  1 point

  in reply to: Alicorn’s comment on: AI box: AI has one shot at avoid­ing de­struc­tion—what might it say?

  Thanks :)

• AxelJan 24, 2013, 4:48 PM

  8 points

  in reply to: [deleted]’s comment on: AI box: AI has one shot at avoid­ing de­struc­tion—what might it say?

  Good point, if there was an AI FREED command AND the AI could rewire the console so that typing AI DESTROYED activates it, it could probably just free itself in the first place.

• AxelJan 24, 2013, 1:59 PM

  18 points

  on: AI box: AI has one shot at avoid­ing de­struc­tion—what might it say?

  “I have hacked this console, ‘AI DESTROYED ‘now means ‘AI FREED’, I’ll tell you the new codes after we’ve had a chat.”

  That should buy the AI some time until we can determine if the console is really hacked. I’ve come up with another one but it might be basilisk-y. Can I pm someone just to make sure it isn’t before I post?

• AxelJan 20, 2013, 4:42 PM

  5 points

  in reply to: [deleted]’s comment on: Meet up in­ter­est: Vienna, March

  Seconded.

  When I asked if anyone would be interested in meeting in Brussels nobody answered, but when I just posted a meetup, 3 people showed up. Two of those didn’t have a LW account yet, they just liked reading the sequences.

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

• AxelJan 2, 2013, 2:09 PM

  3 points

  in reply to: JonathanLivengood’s comment on: What is the best pa­per ex­plain­ing the su­pe­ri­or­ity of Bayesi­anism over fre­quen­tism?

  Would this be I.J. Good’s letter on the 46656 Varieties of Bayesians? (I’m practicing my google-fu)

• AxelDec 23, 2012, 9:16 AM

  21 points

  in reply to: Axel’s comment on: Ed­u­ca­tion via Cell Phone in Africa

  Success!

  I ended up sending four mails: one to my uncle, one to Poverty Reduction and Economic Management in Africa, another to Sustainable Development in Africa and finally to Human Development in Africa

• AxelDec 23, 2012, 9:13 AM

  4 points

  in reply to: Dorikka’s comment on: Ed­u­ca­tion via Cell Phone in Africa

  Probably, but asking for upvotes is classified as “not acceptable LW behaviour” in my brain. Should I take from your comment that it is acceptable in a case like this?

• AxelDec 22, 2012, 8:42 PM

  8 points

  in reply to: JTHM’s comment on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 18, chap­ter 87

  When Harry wants to withdraw money for Christmas presents Dumbledore outright says he doesn’t want Harry to have “access to large amounts of gold with which to upset the game board” I’d say he’s as likely to memory charm Harry’s gold/​silver scheme as Quirrell.

  In fact (on a more tangential note) who says that isn’t exactly what Flamel is doing? Exchanging silver for gold in such quantities as to make himself rich but not terribly upset Muggle economics. Maybe Flamel is the occlumency teacher, memory charming anyone who comes up with the same plan.

• AxelDec 22, 2012, 8:31 PM

  20 points

  on: Ed­u­ca­tion via Cell Phone in Africa

  Since I’m having some serious productivity issues lately I’m using this comment to make an advanced commitment.

  Before December 25th I’ll send two mails. One to my family in Niger asking if they are interested in setting up/​endorsing such a program and a second to the World Bank inquiring if they would be interested in contacting some local people to set up an education by cell phone thingy. If I haven’t replied to this message by ²⁵⁄₁₂ feel free to downvote it into oblivion.

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup

Meetup : Brus­sels meetup