#dynomight — Public Fediverse posts

Y'all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

https://dynomight.net/ai-risk/

#HackerNews #AIrisks #Overcomplication #Simplified #Discussion #TechDebate #Dynomight

Y'all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

https://dynomight.net/ai-risk/

#HackerNews #AIrisks #Overcomplication #Simplified #Discussion #TechDebate #Dynomight

Y'all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

https://dynomight.net/ai-risk/

#HackerNews #AIrisks #Overcomplication #Simplified #Discussion #TechDebate #Dynomight

Y'all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

https://dynomight.net/ai-risk/

#HackerNews #AIrisks #Overcomplication #Simplified #Discussion #TechDebate #Dynomight

Y'all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

https://dynomight.net/ai-risk/

#HackerNews #AIrisks #Overcomplication #Simplified #Discussion #TechDebate #Dynomight

Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027

https://dynomight.net/scribbles/

#HackerNews #ScribbleForecasting #AI2027 #Dynomight #Innovation #FutureTech

Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027

https://dynomight.net/scribbles/

#HackerNews #ScribbleForecasting #AI2027 #Dynomight #Innovation #FutureTech

Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027

https://dynomight.net/scribbles/

#HackerNews #ScribbleForecasting #AI2027 #Dynomight #Innovation #FutureTech

Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027

https://dynomight.net/scribbles/

#HackerNews #ScribbleForecasting #AI2027 #Dynomight #Innovation #FutureTech

Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027

https://dynomight.net/scribbles/

#HackerNews #ScribbleForecasting #AI2027 #Dynomight #Innovation #FutureTech

I don’t often laugh out loud

But when I do, it usually because of some deeply nerdy, cutting snark. Like this:

As someone who has read thousands of academic papers, I’ll answer those questions as calmly as possible.

NO.

~ “dynomight“, from Please show lots of digits

slip:4udydi1.

…and then it goes on, CAPSLOCKed, for several paragraphs. The only thing better than math-nerds, is when a math-nerd who is also a reason-nerd stomps on the vanilla-variety math-nerds. This stuff? This stuff makes the world a better place.

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What, really, is the final boss?

“The problem is…”, is such a great phrase. When I hear it, I begin to smile. Unless I just said it, in which case I twitch and remind myself that the really hard part [of anything you want to discuss] is defining exactly what the problem is. A well-defined problem is such a difficult and rare thing. And here’s a fun article from “Dynomight” that plays with just how hard it is to figure out what the problem actually is, Candidate Final Bosses.

Just to be clear: We’re talking about “final boss”, as in the video game context meaning of the phrase. In the classic, journey-of-adventure towards some goal, video game, things get harder and harder and harder until… you have to face the final boss, in the final battle.

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What, really, is the final boss?

“The problem is…”, is such a great phrase. When I hear it, I begin to smile. Unless I just said it, in which case I twitch and remind myself that the really hard part [of anything you want to discuss] is defining exactly what the problem is. A well-defined problem is such a difficult and rare thing. And here’s a fun article from “Dynomight” that plays with just how hard it is to figure out what the problem actually is, Candidate Final Bosses.

Just to be clear: We’re talking about “final boss”, as in the video game context meaning of the phrase. In the classic, journey-of-adventure towards some goal, video game, things get harder and harder and harder until… you have to face the final boss, in the final battle.

ɕ

Reading #Dynomight explaining #DerekParfit I realise that just as #liberalism/#libertarianism is the most inclusive political/economic system because it allows for other orders to emerge within it, #consequentialism may be the most inclusive moral theory because it may contain other systems just by redefining what a “good outcome” is.

That is:

A group of free individuals (liberalism) may enter voluntary agreements and commit to redistributing their wealth (socialism), transferring all power to a certain person (autocracy), abiding by rules decided by the majority (democracy), etc.

A consequentialist, in its narrowest definition, is free to conclude that the best possible outcome is one in which they and their special ones enjoy the best of life (egoism), one where certain rules are obeyed most strictly (deontology), one where all actions align perfectly with the word of god (theological voluntarism), etc. — and to act accordingly.

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

Reading #Dynomight explaining #DerekParfit I realise that just as #liberalism/#libertarianism is the most inclusive political/economic system because it allows for other orders to emerge within it, #consequentialism may be the most inclusive moral theory because it may contain other systems just by redefining what a “good outcome” is.

That is:

A group of free individuals (liberalism) may enter voluntary agreements and commit to redistributing their wealth (socialism), transferring all power to a certain person (autocracy), abiding by rules decided by the majority (democracy), etc.

A consequentialist, in its narrowest definition, is free to conclude that the best possible outcome is one in which they and their special ones enjoy the best of life (egoism), one where certain rules are obeyed most strictly (deontology), one where all actions align perfectly with the word of god (theological voluntarism), etc. — and to act accordingly.

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

Useful taxonomy of moral theories (#DerekParfit via #Dynomight)

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

#philosophy #ethics #morality

Useful taxonomy of moral theories (#DerekParfit via #Dynomight)

https://dynomight.net/reasons-and-persons/

#philosophy #ethics #morality