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Some people like to assume that the cosmos is ours for the taking, even though this could make us special to the order of 1 in 1080. The arg

Although it regularly discusses the possibility of superintelligences with the power to transform the universe in the service of some value

Quantum field theory (QFT) is the basic framework of particle physics. Particles arise from the quantized energy levels of field oscillation

I visited #lesswrong on freenode yesterday and was able to get in some discussion of FAI-related matters. But that channel also exists to al

In discussing scenarios of the future, I speak of "slow futures" and "fast futures". A fast future is exemplified by what is now called a ha

And I don't mean that they must concern themselves with death in the sense of ending death, or removing its sting through mental backups, or

The project of Friendly AI would benefit from being approached in a much more down-to-earth way. Discourse about the subject seems to be dom

This article should really be called "Patching the argumentative flaw in the Sequences created by the Quantum Physics Sequence". There's o

Very soon, Eliezer is supposed to start posting a new sequence, on "Open Problems in Friendly AI". After several years in which its activiti

Celia Green is a figure who should interest some LW readers. If you can imagine Eliezer, not as an A.I. futurist in 2000s America, but as a