Norms Are Broken Laws
An Introductory ExampleConsider the following unwritten rule:Keep the kitchen clean. Clean after you cook.Consider the following three characters: the unreflective individual, the conscious egoist, and the…
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Various Ways to Enable People
There seems to be one type of work that truly matter: Work that enables people. Most work can be fitted into this category, such as teaching,…
The AI Race is Not a Prisoner's Dilemma
Statement on AI use: AI models (mostly Fable 5 and Opus 5) were extremely helpful in 1. iterating through lots of variations on the game theory…
Why I think we live in a "simulation"
Epistemic Status: I think each part of this piece is worth engaging with in its own right. I haven't thought as much about whether the ideas…
Geometric Rationality acts linearly in additive scenarios
There have been various attempts to explain Kelly betting behaviour within standard decision theory. Here is one I would totally unbiasedly recommend. Geometric rationality is a…
Most donors get risk wrong
Linkpost for my Substack piece, lightly adapted. Donors are holding AI wealth at enormous risk. Their giving is often extremely risk-averse.“What is the most common mistake…
Does Your LLM Trust You?
This is a very late post about a project that I did a few months ago as part of the application to Neel Nanda's MATS 10.0…
AN AMICABLE APE
revisiting alignmentThe following series of posts revisits the idea of goal alignment between humanity and artificial intelligence, and within humanity between the individual and the collective—which…
Beyond Tech’s Power: On Status, Sacrifice, and the Search for Legitimacy
Founder status markers have progressed over the past decade as the startup ecosystem has recognized the importance of industry perception within tech. There is still an…
Why don't we just give AI the answers?
In the recent OpenAI hacking incident, the models seemed to be single-mindedly focused on getting the correct answer to the task they were given, with no…