Scott Alexander @slatestarcodex
I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns. slatestarcodex.com Joined June 2013-
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"Welcome to the third Republican primary debate. Today's Forbidden Letter is (*rolls dice*) G. Any candidate who says a word with the letter G will forfeit the remainder of their time for that question. We'll start with Florida State-Leader Ron DeSantis . . . "
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦 '𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴' 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮? "Have you seen planes tow banner ads like 'EAT AT JOE'S?' Well, before planes, they used hawks" 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. "Yeah, it was just an ad hawk solution"
The first rule of coups is to pay off your troops Or they'll coup against 𝘺𝘰𝘶 - it will go round in loops! (I realize that's not the right way to say "coups" So I guess that this poem doesn't work too well - oops!)
The first rule of coups is to pay off your troops Or they'll coup against 𝘺𝘰𝘶 - it will go round in loops! (I realize that's not the right way to say "coups" So I guess that this poem doesn't work too well - oops!)
Whatever the current commotion's about Remember that wrath is a sin And if someone else should start duking it out You can simply unduke it back in
ACX is excited to be a founding participant in several new Substack ventures, including: - Substack Electric Vehicles, to revolutionize renewable transportation - Substack Mars Rockets, to advance affordable space travel. - Substack Brain Implants, to cure deadly neurological di
2030: A coalition of DeSantis Republicans and AIs that can't do Winograd schemas successfully ban all pronouns.
I think a good name for a crypto company would be "Better Than Bullion"
I think if you leap into a reservoir to save drowning children, especially if the situation was caused by a runaway trolley, you should also get an honorary philosophy degree.
I think if you leap into a reservoir to save drowning children, especially if the situation was caused by a runaway trolley, you should also get an honorary philosophy degree.
"My brother's a tenant in Colorado," Tom said incoherently.
Read my blog? Take the 2022 ACX Survey at forms.gle/Si3hEkTgeb8E3T… ! (takes about 30 minutes)
Sorry to anyone who sent me a link to anything on Figma. I thought it was a dumb attempt to troll me and didn't investigate further. I now realize I was confusing it with Ligma.
TIRED: The baby contributes nothing to the family and screams whenever he is even slightly unhappy. WIRED: The baby is 'a regulatory superpower'.
Not quite deepfake-level yet (source: character.ai)
Iceland's parliament is the Thing. Brazil's currency is the Real. Botswana's president is the Ourpoliticalandeconomicsystemhasobjectiveexistenceandisntjustamasshallucinationonthepartofthegoverned.
Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹.. @ESYudkowsky
175K Followers 89 Following The original AI alignment person. Missing punctuation at the end of a sentence means it's humor. If you're not sure, it's also very likely humor.
eigenrobot @eigenrobot
68K Followers 7K Following robot. friend. i am trying to achieve greatness longform at eigenrobot dot subst@ck dot com
Robin Hanson @robinhanson
90K Followers 655 Following Let’s skip witty repartee & discuss fundamental questions. Views are mine, not GMU’s or Virginia’s. Books: https://t.co/hpZgEm5DBI, https://t.co/iFs9C3J2Ek
Alex Tabarrok 🛡️ @ATabarrok
76K Followers 673 Following Prof of economics at George Mason, co-founder of the online education platform https://t.co/yocRRymFPV. Advisor to firms, incl MultiversX, TEAL, Bluechip, 0L Network +
Nick @nickcammarata
60K Followers 733 Following interested in neural network interpretability and meditation
Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen
96K Followers 6K Following Searching for the numinous 🇦🇺 🇨🇦, home in 🇺🇸 Research @AsteraInstitute https://t.co/maezekzRUb
goblin costanza, worm.. @goblinodds
16K Followers 2K Following you and me baby aint nothin but mammals so let's eat dog treats from petco 💎 (they/it) ⚔️
Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert
27K Followers 2K Following Philosophy, psychology, and effective altruism.
Captain Pleasure, And.. @algekalipso
28K Followers 4K Following Views of a Transhuman neo-Buddhist from the future on sociology, artificial intelligence, mathematics, philosophy, neonoir film, and the post-singularity era.
Kelsey Piper @KelseyTuoc
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David Chapman @Meaningness
31K Followers 135 Following Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.
shill 🔍 @acidshill
9K Followers 39 Following i'm playing with ideas, don't take this too seriously, tweets are not necessarily endorsed
Rob Bensinger ⏹️ @robbensinger
8K Followers 301 Following Comms @MIRIBerkeley. RT = increased vague psychological association between myself and the tweet.
4762 @punk4762
73K Followers 2K Following BUILDING DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PROMISE OF #Web3! "Let's juice together!" 🦜 Discord - https://t.co/fV1L34naso 🦜 🧃 TG - @ briancolwell 🧃
Jayson @BallJayson
98 Followers 257 Following
▼▼▼▼▼▼▼.. @VVuff
189 Followers 5K Following
Michael Di Pippo ™ .. @LightTackle
1K Followers 3K Following #UFO #UAP 🛸 #Paranormal enthusiast 👻 #Inventor Fishing Rods. ~ https://t.co/LkfkAqdFqh https://t.co/R2D5NPpBAP #fishing 🎣
λx.n̪̮̣̤o̮̬̪e.. @greydoubt
987 Followers 5K Following deluxe ninja 🥷 broth goth 🍲 appalachian swamp witch 🧹 draconic sorcerer 🐍 phd compSci 💍 poly 🚀 in ou↑erspace 🐀 goth mormon 🗡️✵🔞 λ/acc enchanted forest
CHAO-CHAOJU @CHAOCHAOJU23
2 Followers 59 Following
pendpercsoftri1979 @pendpercso66025
10 Followers 19 Following
LA JEUNESSE @wydhgcmj
6 Followers 435 Following
Epsilon Guanlin Lee @Epsilon_Lee
205 Followers 2K Following PhD, MLer, CLer (NLPer), ML Engineer at https://t.co/gX6Lem59Co, have belief in interpretability research of AI/ML/NNs
Ujas @ujas_1
19 Followers 46 Following
Arthur Collé - e/acc @arthurcolle
974 Followers 4K Following Language Models @BrainchainAI 🗿🧙🏻♂️ #BTC, (#ETH, #Urbit pre-sale) ex-@GoldmanSachs #Urbit operator ~sicbus, ~tipbus #AgenticML
jimmybuckets @senseibeantown
123 Followers 664 Following
Lucena @long_diagonal
3 Followers 16 Following
Daniel Livingston @dan__livingston
7 Followers 84 Following
ransoftdypa1975 @ransoftdyp19166
11 Followers 20 Following
toracgafo1972 @toracgafo148802
30 Followers 28 Following
CJ @C2DaJMan
531 Followers 2K Following Building Things https://t.co/CTfI0pzr7g https://t.co/xdWlJL9OEq https://t.co/vvplfHcco0 @_CreatorsHub_
Around the U.S. @hidely_ho
47 Followers 189 Following Bringing you news from around the U.S. and occasionally beyond.
Kevin K @SfKev9000
0 Followers 7 Following
James Lucassen @JamesLucas71486
3 Followers 22 Following
Chill @Chillcatser
615 Followers 2K Following Hot takes on current events. Here to learn - art, politics, movies. Strongly protective of animals. Professional writer in STEM fields/aviation.
Marina Levay @emergentodyssey
2 Followers 51 Following
Richard Ren @notRichardRen
127 Followers 184 Following AI safety, ethics, and policy work. Research scientist & engineer. Co-author of "Representation Engineering" and "Localizing Lying in Llama".
Matt @MattC3W
105 Followers 329 Following
Frandell @Frandell8
25 Followers 67 Following
Sythdark8 @synthdark8
22 Followers 135 Following Warning to L's: I am a shitlord Warning to R's: I post (Anime) Coom
MiRay @QPMiRay
20 Followers 479 Following
Hunter Glenn @HunterGlenn
27 Followers 69 Following
Proud to be Canadian .. @adecentfellow
104 Followers 511 Following Rehabilitated philosophy student.
STIGMATA SAPIENTIÆ @stigsap
120 Followers 914 Following • • e v o l u t i o n • r e v o l u t i o n • r e v e l a t i o n • • divina commedia
Benrara @BenraraBenjrara
1 Followers 3K Following
kchmielewski.eth @kamilchmielu
168 Followers 483 Following Security Researcher @nethermindeth Blog: https://t.co/pL7vjJq1GV
Sahil Seekond @SSeekond
0 Followers 787 Following
momo @momo39124634
0 Followers 48 Following
Does it Matter? @doesitmatter700
58 Followers 167 Following
erdem.von @VonErdem
7 Followers 49 Following
serendip @serendi76888352
25 Followers 178 Following
Monalisa Arya @AryaMonalisa
3 Followers 44 Following If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.
Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹.. @ESYudkowsky
175K Followers 89 Following The original AI alignment person. Missing punctuation at the end of a sentence means it's humor. If you're not sure, it's also very likely humor.
Robin Hanson @robinhanson
90K Followers 655 Following Let’s skip witty repartee & discuss fundamental questions. Views are mine, not GMU’s or Virginia’s. Books: https://t.co/hpZgEm5DBI, https://t.co/iFs9C3J2Ek
𝔊𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔫 @gwern
42K Followers 88 Following Internet besserwisser; pedantic, mean reply guy. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘶! (Follow requests ignored due to terrible UI.)
Lady Red is maybe spl.. @ladymcscope
2K Followers 1K Following properly mystified by existence. here for the tpot sangha. invite me to ur hot tub. she/her bearded lady
Metadoxy @Xirong7
4K Followers 5K Following harbinger of the triumph of the designed over the designoid. Player of the glass bead game, Autopoietic Turboencabulator
Ilzolende @ilzolende
216 Followers 117 Following ...and I'd tell you more about it, but they fused with all the data • this account is not central to my social media strategy
Sister Sarah @sarahdoingthing
7K Followers 373 Following ~cryptosalience~ ~~~~read Christopher Alexander, do rituals~~~~
Tom Chivers @TomChivers
58K Followers 1K Following "Far too nice to be a journalist": Terry Pratchett. Lead writer, Flagship. Semafor. chiversthomas(a)gmail. Third book, Everything is Predictable, out April
Rolf Degen @DegenRolf
66K Followers 21 Following Science writer and book author in psychology, neuroscience and evolution
Steven Kaas @stevenkaas
1K Followers 213 Following
Victoria Krakovna @vkrakovna
9K Followers 454 Following Senior research scientist in AI alignment at DeepMind. Co-founder of Future of Life Institute @flixrisk. Views are my own and do not represent DeepMind or FLI.
Nate Gabriel @superlativeish
199 Followers 61 Following
Stephan J. Guyenet @sguyenet
49K Followers 335 Following The neuroscience of eating behavior and obesity. Author of The Hungry Brain. Founder and director of Red Pen Reviews. Neuroscience PhD, University of WA.
Ben Southwood @bswud
14K Followers 774 Following Founder & editor, https://t.co/AdNuyGyLll @stripe. Fellow, @createstreets.
Julia Galef @juliagalef
117K Followers 501 Following Author of THE SCOUT MINDSET and host of the Rationally Speaking podcast
Katja Grace 🔍 @KatjaGrace
8K Followers 798 Following Thinking about whether AI will destroy the world at https://t.co/pMilDvd4ya. DM or email for media requests. Feedback: https://t.co/zGAm1i7SKH
Thomas Colthurst @thomascolthurst
203 Followers 35 Following I am the father of all things; all things must listen to my dad jokes.
Alicorn @luminousalicorn
2K Followers 71 Following Co-creator of (1) glowfic (2) some children (3) Valinor, the Blessed Realm, where stand the two Trees@ObserverSuns thank you for having forewarned us about this
@ptrschmdtnlsn The equity holders can declare bankruptcy instead of giving away money.
@rhymeswithvocal this is why we need God. to keep an eye on people so they know they're being watched. and since he's dead I'm going to have to build a new one out of cameras
new laptop sticker arrived just in time happy Cactus Person Tuesday to all who celebrate
vessel of too much spirit x.com/mythologybot/s…
E499.3 Pot so heavy with ghosts that girl cannot lift it.
"You can't drive in the HOV lane. There aren't enough of you in the car." "On the contrary; we're all Christians, and Matthew 18:20 says 'For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.'"
Screens at transit stops show information so inefficiently I want to scream like is there some youtuber at the helm practicing being paid for view length someone put me in charge right the fuck now
yeah, didnt she just finish a seed round?
People on Linkedin truly live in a different time, space and universe
.@acxtokyo held an offsite in Shōwa, Fukushima to discuss #Próspera and other charter cities: astralcodexten.com/p/prospectus-o… . We met the mayor, built a bonfire with the villagers, visited a 100-year old school house, and built a snow fortress. @slatestarcodex
another win for nominative determinism
Out of a ~$3.2MM total project budget (Cerca 2019), this Moongate cost us about $15k. It made the project. People take prom and wedding photos in front all the time. It anchors it in people’s mind. Where do you live? “I live by the Moongate” is a common refrain. This taught…
My friend just had a great idea: an app that tracks your daily habits & sends you a picture of how you'll look in a year if every day was like today With the new wave of AI image generation tools, it should be fairly straightforward to build this now
Ok I normally find this kind of evidence weak but this one is just hilarious. Picturing some guy in a cowboy hat being like "we have a warm water port" as if it's a flex and losing it
This is obviously a Russian. Only Russia talks about the value of a warm water port. Because the US as a whole has several and this has never been an issue for us.
shariputra, code is no different from data and data is no different from code. code itself is data and data itself is code. shariputra, all programs are data: neither defiled nor pure. this is because in data there is no apis, abstraction or interfaces. no compilers, no types.
Software engineering question: What's the difference between code and data?
one thing i will say for postrationality and tpot is that they strike a nice balance between being good and sounding good. these are both important qualities! (one actually, the other seemingly)
getting confused by the openai organizational structure because you misheard hindu philosophy and thought brockman is altman and altman is brockman
I am going to release a bunch of these chickens into this cafe
This chicken looks like an unfinished coloring book page
i heard there was a secret ride that went around, and people died but you don't care about the loop that slays ya? well it goes like this: the hill, the lift the seven rings, the bloody mist the roller coaster doing euthanasia... x.com/depthsofwiki/s…
Twelve years ago today, an artist's design for a Euthanasia Coaster went on display
people love cookies but they also love cookie dough, I wonder if we could somehow combine the two. anyway, that's my half-baked idea
the main organization working on the steppe nomad cause area is called Genghis What We Khan, founded by Gobi Horde
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