Does Open-thropic-mind have an actual plan to align AI? Well, a plan is a recipe for succeeding at some task. They have a recipe (c.f. their 100 page pdfs) but will they succeed? At which point your answer to this question depends on if you're for foom or think it leads to doom.

complex occlusion! I get the what of it now, beautifully done

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The Crucible from Elden Ring came from Empedocles's theory of the origin of species. My post covers that theory, amongst others. open.substack.com/pub/algon33/...

Context: Washizu, the Son of Heaven, faces the otherworldy demon Akagi in a Majhong deathmatch. Washizu pits his wits and mandate from heaven against Akagi's supernatural flow & insight. In spite of all Akagi's hax, Washizu has him on the ropes 'til Washizu's heart gives out. 1/

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Lumenator RCT on myself: Increases some variables by a lot, reliably, especially the subjective length of day and happiness, but also contentment, relaxation, and horniness. Original reasoning for lumenators stands up. Does not improve productivity (surprising!) or creativity.

The problem with desire is that it gives you tunnel vision.

TIL the moth-trapped-in-a-relay thing isn't the origin of the term "bug" as used in engineering, which has been around since the 19th century

I'm sure I've told you about the time aliens downloaded my mind Since it happened at night when I was sleeping, alternate hypotheses do tend to suggest themselves... But if we get a bet winning aliens disclosure, my p("that actually happened") goes way up

…is Sora still a thing? i feel like that kinda vanished from the discourse pretty quickly

Seedance 2.0 Prompt: Clavicular’s morning routine, but make him not look like a psycho. Make no mistakes.

Remember the LLM MCTS fad a few years ago? What happened to it?

""What profits a man silver or gold, if it costs him the basedness of his soul?" -- AI Waifu" -- me

@tomasbjartur.bsky.social Best boy is now on bsky. Follow him.

go read this x.com/voooooogel/s... by @vgel.me

So true, buddy. @norvid-studies.bsky.social

"+1. I view it as a grave problem when people carry around tiny kings in their heads to zap them when they do something "cringe". We killed Zeus millennia ago, and reviving him in a recreation of the Bicameral brain spits in the face of our ancestors' deicide and The Lamb's death."- Me

The Indian Caste System is the realization of Plato's Republic.

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If I had a nickel for every time I head of a hook like this, I'd have 2 nickels.

Peerless sextuple entendre.

You're probably wondering why I'm bleeting at you. Well, wonder now more. @norvid-studies.bsky.social deserves the credit, @norvid-studies.bsky.social deserves the blame. Yes, norvid was his name.