Mindreading Fails Both Ways
(shortpost)
Homo Sabiens
Essays and fiction on human cognition, rationality, and social dynamics. Previous work findable at: https://www.lesswrong.com/users/deactivated-duncan-sabien https://medium.com/@ThingMaker https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatWouldEnderDo/works
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Latest posts
Muddying the Waters
(shortpost)
Short rant about the old books/AI thing
I’m really bothered by the moralistic discourse around the destructive scanning of old books.
Activation Energy is a good model for a lot of things
(shortpost)
Asking Nicely
Superintelligence, OpenAI, and the HuggingFace attack
Single Answers Make You Stupid
(shortpost)
Trust and partnership
(and other similar things)
Optimization is often immoral.
(shortpost)
The Road to Hell
On parenting philosophy and child autonomy
Is it more unusual to have written a book, or to have killed someone?
(shortpost)
Panic and Precedent
(shortpost)