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It seems like a good portion of the whole "maximizing utility" strategy which might be used by a sovereign relies on actually being able to

Quotes are a unique enough medium of expression that I'm interested in viewing quotes that people have found collectable, emotionally impact

I thought about some stuff and have written down notes for my future reference. I'm pasting it below in case others find it useful or though

This is a repository for major, life-altering mistakes that you or others have made. Detailed accounts of specific mistakes are welcome, and

If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

Dying or becoming severely physically/mentally ill is very likely going to significantly lower the output of your utility function, so it wo

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Here's the log of the AI Box experiment that just finished, with MileyCyrus as the AI and me as the Gatekeeper. The AI was not let out of th

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/books/review/the-theory-that-would-not-die-by-sharon-bertsch-mcgrayne-book-review.html?_r=1&pagewanted=al

I've recently found that my utility function valued personal status and fame a whole lot more than I thought it did -- I previously had thou