Intuitive introduction to Abstract Nonsense
TL;DR John Wentworth has written a great introduction to category theory for someone who wants to do something useful with categories. This post has a different…
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Frank Ramsey on Induction: Why Validity Is the Wrong Standard
Frank Ramsey's treatment of induction starts from a general account of inference. He argues that premises and conclusion alone do not fully specify an inference. It…
an open-source repo for embryo selection
I recently made this great repo for polygenic prediction and embryo selection which I want to share with people. I've wanted something like this for almost…
Recipe Rescaler
I keep my recipies on my website, and like most of my website it grew over time instead of being designed. A couple years ago I…
A reading list for generalists
I, along with many others in AI safety, believe there is a shortage of generalists in the community and that there exist many projects and efforts…
Third-parties should focus on scrutinising system cards
By default, I expect system cards will get worse, which would be bad. Some mechanisms could improve system cards, but I expect they will be outweighed.…
Powerful qualities in type B physicalism
Type B physicalism is a view in philosophy of mind, and "powerful qualities" (PQ) theory is a view in the metaphysics of properties. They share an…
Care externalities
A big source of externalities I’m not sure I’ve heard mentioned as such: people caring about one another.For a random person, I’d guess the unaccounted for…
What comes with cheap math?
Thanks to conversations with Anson Berns, Gurkenglass, Roman Malov, Sahil, Sam Eisenstat, and others.Over the past two months, I've been doing a lot of "vibe research"…
Slavery, Post-Scarcity, and My Vegan Ex-Girlfriend’s Dream
When I was in my 20s, I got hit by a car while riding my bike to my girlfriend’s house. It was 3 a.m. in a…