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I drew an illustration of belief propagation graph for the AI risk, after realizing that this is difficult to convey in words. Similar graph

Preface: I am just noting that we people seem to be basing our morality on some rather ill defined intuitive notion of complexity. If you th

Suppose that your prior probability that giving $1000 to a stranger will save precisely N beings is P(1000$ saves N beings)=f(N) , where f i

The AI is a real-time algorithm - it has to respond to situation in the real time. The real-time systems have to trade time for accuracy, an

A question: why anything about global warming gets downvoted, even popularly readable explanation of the fairly mainstream scientific consen

Abstract: Test the world-models [at least somewhat] scientifically by giving others and yourself opportunity to generate straightforwardly a

Okay, it is a very raw idea, but consider the utility processing that works as following: 1: The utility i'm speaking of is not 'happiness

Abstract: Nearly-FAIs can be more dangerous than AIs with no attempt at friendliness. The FAI effort needs better argument that the attemp

Summary We should not expect evolution of complex psychological and cognitive adaptations in the timeframe in which, morphologically, ani

Summary: There is a very dangerous way in which conjunction fallacy can be exploited. One can present you with 2..5 detailed, very plausib