epistemic meristem

• epistemic meristemJun 20, 2022, 8:06 PM

  1 point

  in reply to: trevor’s comment on: An­nounc­ing the DWATV Discord

  I think it would be helpful to note at the top of the post that it’s crossposted here. I initially misinterpreted “this blog” in the first sentence as referring to LW.

• epistemic meristemMay 4, 2022, 6:18 PM

  7 points

  on: Ne­go­ti­at­ing Up and Down the Si­mu­la­tion Hier­ar­chy: Why We Might Sur­vive the Unal­igned Singularity

  This idea keeps getting rediscovered, thanks for writing it up! The key ingredient is acausal trade between aligned and unaligned superintelligences, rather than between unaligned superintelligences and humans. Simulation isn’t a key ingredient; it’s a more general question about resource allocation across branches.

  What links here?

  • epistemic meristem's comment on De­ci­sion the­ory does not im­ply that we get to have nice things by So8res (Oct 19, 2022, 1:35 AM; 1 point)

• epistemic meristemApr 28, 2022, 2:43 AM

  1 point

  in reply to: J Bostock’s comment on: China Covid #2

  Too much power, I would assume. Yet he didn’t kill Bo Xilai.

• epistemic meristemApr 19, 2022, 7:29 PM

  0 points

  in reply to: epistemic meristem’s comment on: MIRI an­nounces new “Death With Dig­nity” strategy

  Why the downboats? People new to LW jargon probably wouldn’t realize “money brain” is a typo.

• epistemic meristemApr 19, 2022, 3:03 AM

  6 points

  on: MIRI an­nounces new “Death With Dig­nity” strategy

  Nitpick: maybe aligned and unaligned superintelligences acausally trade across future branches? If so, maybe on the mainline we’re left with a very small yet nonzero fraction of the cosmic endowment, a cosmic booby prize if you will?

  “Booby prize with dignity” sounds like a bit of an oxymoron...

  What links here?

  • epistemic meristem's comment on Ne­go­ti­at­ing Up and Down the Si­mu­la­tion Hier­ar­chy: Why We Might Sur­vive the Unal­igned Singularity by David Udell (May 4, 2022, 6:18 PM; 7 points)

• epistemic meristemApr 16, 2022, 12:10 AM

  −5 points

  in reply to: AI_WAIFU’s comment on: MIRI an­nounces new “Death With Dig­nity” strategy

  You have a money brain? That’s awesome, most of us only have monkey brains! 🙂

• epistemic meristemNov 9, 2021, 3:09 AM

  3 points

  in reply to: AnnaSalamon’s comment on: My ex­pe­rience at and around MIRI and CFAR (in­spired by Zoe Curzi’s writeup of ex­pe­riences at Lev­er­age)

  What does “corrupt” mean in this context? What are some examples of noncorrupt employers?