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Valentine

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I was a co-founder of CFAR in 2012, same year I got my PhD in math education & left academia. I’d been actively trying to save the world for about a decade at that point. I left CFAR in 2018 due to strong disagreements in approach. I then spent several years focused on a “hippie arc” (meditation, yoga, plant medicine ceremonies, etc.) and “de-mystified” in summer 2024.

Find my non-rationalist writing, social media, and projects at my Linktree.

The hos­tile telepaths problem

ValentineOct 27, 2024, 3:26 PM
383 points
89 comments15 min readLW link

“Dark Con­sti­tu­tion” for con­strain­ing some superintelligences

ValentineJan 10, 2024, 4:02 PM
3 points
9 comments1 min readLW link
(www.anarchonomicon.com)

Is be­ing sexy for your homies?

ValentineDec 13, 2023, 8:37 PM
189 points
100 comments14 min readLW link2 reviews

Sapi­ent Algorithms

ValentineJul 17, 2023, 4:30 PM
82 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What are brains?

ValentineJun 10, 2023, 2:46 PM
10 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Slack mat­ters more than any outcome

ValentineDec 31, 2022, 8:11 PM
164 points
56 comments19 min readLW link1 review

[Question] Where’s the eco­nomic in­cen­tive for wok­ism com­ing from?

ValentineDec 8, 2022, 11:28 PM
12 points
105 comments1 min readLW link

Here’s the exit.

ValentineNov 21, 2022, 6:07 PM
105 points
180 comments10 min readLW link5 reviews

[Question] What is an agent in re­duc­tion­ist ma­te­ri­al­ism?

ValentineAug 13, 2022, 3:39 PM
7 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

We’re already in AI takeoff

ValentineMar 8, 2022, 11:09 PM
145 points
119 comments7 min readLW link

Sig­nal­ing isn’t about sig­nal­ing, it’s about Goodhart

ValentineJan 6, 2022, 6:49 PM
59 points
31 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What are sane rea­sons that Covid data is treated as re­li­able?

ValentineJan 1, 2022, 6:47 PM
41 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Where can one learn deep in­tu­itions about in­for­ma­tion the­ory?

ValentineDec 16, 2021, 3:47 PM
72 points
27 comments2 min readLW link

Creat­ing a truly formidable Art

ValentineOct 14, 2021, 4:39 AM
132 points
59 comments23 min readLW link1 review

Of Two Minds

ValentineMay 17, 2018, 4:34 AM
94 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Notic­ing the Taste of Lotus

ValentineApr 27, 2018, 8:05 PM
219 points
81 comments3 min readLW link3 reviews

Mythic Mode

ValentineFeb 23, 2018, 10:45 PM
68 points
82 comments9 min readLW link

The In­tel­li­gent So­cial Web

ValentineFeb 22, 2018, 6:55 PM
230 points
112 comments12 min readLW link2 reviews

Kenshō

ValentineJan 20, 2018, 12:12 AM
73 points
299 comments6 min readLW link

CFAR 2017 Retrospective

ValentineDec 19, 2017, 7:38 PM
26 points
5 comments5 min readLW link