Zack_M_Davis

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Comment on “Death and the Gorgon”

Zack_M_Davis1 Jan 2025 5:47 UTC

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The Standard Analogy

Zack_M_Davis3 Jun 2024 17:15 UTC

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Should I Finish My Bachelor’s Degree?

Zack_M_Davis11 May 2024 5:17 UTC

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Ironing Out the Squiggles

Zack_M_Davis29 Apr 2024 16:13 UTC

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The Evolution of Humans Was Net-Negative for Human Values

Zack_M_Davis1 Apr 2024 16:01 UTC

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My Interview With Cade Metz on His Reporting About Slate Star Codex

Zack_M_Davis26 Mar 2024 17:18 UTC

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“Deep Learning” Is Function Approximation

Zack_M_Davis21 Mar 2024 17:50 UTC

98 points

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Agreeing With Stalin in Ways That Exhibit Generally Rationalist Principles

Zack_M_Davis2 Mar 2024 22:05 UTC

26 points

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And All the Shoggoths Merely Players

Zack_M_Davis10 Feb 2024 19:56 UTC

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On the Contrary, Steelmanning Is Normal; ITT-Passing Is Niche

Zack_M_Davis9 Jan 2024 23:12 UTC

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If Clarity Seems Like Death to Them

Zack_M_Davis30 Dec 2023 17:40 UTC

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Lying Alignment Chart

Zack_M_Davis29 Nov 2023 16:15 UTC

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Fake Deeply

Zack_M_Davis26 Oct 2023 19:55 UTC

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Alignment Implications of LLM Successes: a Debate in One Act

Zack_M_Davis21 Oct 2023 15:22 UTC

247 points

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Contra Yudkowsky on Epistemic Conduct for Author Criticism

Zack_M_Davis13 Sep 2023 15:33 UTC

69 points

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Assume Bad Faith

Zack_M_Davis25 Aug 2023 17:36 UTC

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“Is There Anything That’s Worth More”

Zack_M_Davis2 Aug 2023 3:28 UTC

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Lack of Social Grace Is an Epistemic Virtue

Zack_M_Davis31 Jul 2023 16:38 UTC

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“Justice, Cherryl.”

Zack_M_Davis23 Jul 2023 16:16 UTC

85 points

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A Hill of Validity in Defense of Meaning

Zack_M_Davis15 Jul 2023 17:57 UTC

8 points

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