If Western democracies can no longer build physical infrastructure, Western democracy will end. If we care about Western democracy, restoring efficient and rational agency in the institutions should be our main priority.
@plinz
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Free Will Decision Making Under Uncertainty and Moral Choice
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Freedom of will is decision making under uncertainty or cheating. If there is no uncertainty, the only degree of freedom is the decision against doing the right thing.
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Humanity Beyond Work: Automation and Human Value Redefined
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A human being is not foremost a worker, but a child, adolescent, friend, rival, enemy, parent, and witness to existence. Work can be automated, being human cannot. Automation provides more resources and means for allocating them efficiently
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Rationalism and ideology: gaps between logic and reality
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Both rationalists and ideologues are prone to miss the persistent difference between what the arguments say and how reality plays out. Inference is brittle, ideology distorts.
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P(doom) in AI trajectories without short loops
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I have a p(doom) of 1 in all trajectories that don’t end in short loops
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STEM Education Transforms Lives and Mental Health Outcomes
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I would have killed myself if I had not gotten into a stem school
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Attending boring consciousness conference with Stu
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Say hi to Stu and everyone! I will be stuck at the boring consciousness conference
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Digital Ownership Rights: Who Owns Visual Data?
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is it your birthright to own the photons and electrons bouncing off anything you touch
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Sacredness and Rational Scrutiny in Evidence Claims
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Undeniability due to sacredness excludes the claim from the rational scrutiny that self evidence demands
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Universal Basic Intelligence Becoming Available to All
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I cannot wait for universal basic intelligence becoming available to all of you