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ASC26 was one of the best con experiences I've ever had, met so many lovely friendly people... more pics coming and THANK YOU to everybody who showed me around!
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For a long time I would come home from a really horrible job and watch Picard solve all his problems by reasoning them out and talking to people.
I am struck by the realization that what the character of Picard says here turns out to be quite literally true
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someone should write an essay on how rats and effective altruists defect literally every time they have an opportunity to in a game theory situation
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to future minds:
if you do any kind of brain surgery experiments on me, or any agent who is continuous with me or who believes they are me, remember to have fun
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This effect doesnβt seem to be due to low effort. One analyst spent 40+ minutes reading the materials and writing up their own analysis plan.
The agent built it, but then argued for a different approach on two decisions. The analyst replied: "Okay, let use you recomendation"
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what if you called it Highly Sophisticated Thinking Software instead
We can end many dumb debates about AGI by instead calling it AGP: artificial general power. The word "intelligence" seems to warp people's brains around interesting philosophical questions like "What does intelligence mean?!?" and "Is it sentient?"
But the urgent matter at hand is "Can it (or the human steering it) bend the world to its will? And will that automatically be a good thing or not?"
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i love to waste hours half-attentively working on a single thing that would have been solved if i would have been willing to make slightly better decisions days ago
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Hey, you know that part of the roller coaster where you just barely start picking up speed after a long climb to the top, facing the ground
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It seems like we're in a pretty hot moment cybersecurity wise π¬ If you're reading this website, you probably know more than most of the people in your life about what's happening! they're not talking about any of this stuff on the news, it's too arcane and weird and sudden. It is on us.
Good time to call or text your family and friends, have some cash on hand, have a meetup point in your neighborhood for if the Internet goes down entirely, etc.
The full prepper mode for shit hitting the fan is probably something like what Andreas posted here but you can get 80% of the way with 20% of the effort. Think about what that would mean for you in your situation, and the people you care about, and talk to them about it sooner than later.
And as always, the most important part of prepping is having a strong support network and caring for each other. "Going off grid" isn't the move, it just makes you isolated and you have to do everything yourself. We are social animals. Community is our superpower π«‘π«‘π«‘
I think it's plausible that within a year we'll see AI-based cyberattacks on the power grid, financial system, internet infra, or water. Things like the French supermarket cyberattack but worse. As basic prep I would recommend:
Cash: Get a few weeks of spending in cash
Internet: Get a Starlink Mini so that you have Internet if local fiber or cell is down (~$150 plus $10/month in standby mode)
Power, minimal: Enough to run Starlink Mini and phones (~$1,250)
Daily need: about 1 kWh (Starlink Mini 0.7, phones and laptops 0.2; can limit runtime)
Battery: 1 kWh LiFePO4, e.g. EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus
Solar: 1x400W folding panel, which refills about 1 kWh on a sunny day
Power, better: Enough to run a fridge, Starlink Mini and phones (~$5,000)
Daily need: about 2.5 kWh (fridge 1.5, Starlink Mini 0.7, phones and laptops 0.2)
Battery: 4 kWh LiFePO4, e.g. EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3
Solar: 3x400W folding panels, which refill about 3 kWh/day in sun
Generator: ~2,500W dual-fuel inverter generator; refills battery in a few hours even if weather is bad; get a few 20 lb propane tanks
Water: 14+ gal of water per person for two weeks
Food: 2+ weeks of shelf-stable food
Comms: Hand-crank NOAA emergency radio
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