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AISafety.com hosts a Skype reading group Wednesdays at 19:45 UTC, reading new and old articles on different aspects of AI Safety. We start with a presentation of a summary of the article, and then discuss in a friendly atmosphere.
Norwegian founders with an international team on a mission to offer the equivalent of a Norwegian social safety net globally available as a membership. Currently offering travel medical insurance for nomads, and global health insurance for remote teams.
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The COVID-19 Forecasting Project at the University of Oxford is making advanced pandemic simulations of 150+ countries available to the public, and also offer pro-bono forecasting services to decision-makers.
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Links for February 2014
Buried in the comments of my last link post I found this little gem: New Frontiers Of Sobriety. A writer takes drugs that are pharmacological opposites of common drugs of abuse to see if he can become more sober than … Continue reading
Ten Things I Want To Stop Seeing On The Internet In 2014
1. The word “fanboy” “Fangirl” is a perfectly acceptable word with an illustrious history; it simply means a young woman who enjoys good literature and who may or may not have married Snape on the astral plane. “Fanboy” – as … Continue reading
A Response To Apophemi on Triggers
[content warning: discussion of triggers. Mentions various triggers. Mentions, without using or condoning, racial slurs] I. I originally planned not to respond to Apophemi’s essay requesting that people not discuss potentially triggering ideas dispassionately, because my response would inevitably have … Continue reading
We Are All MsScribe
AskReddit asked recently: If you could only give an alien one thing to help them understand the human race, what would you give them? At the time I had no good answer. Now I do. I would give them Charlotte … Continue reading
Less Wrong, More Rite (II)
Every year people mock the Rationalist Solstice Ritual. And every year I read the discussions, nod, and then go to New York and have a great time and meet amazing people and have fascinating discussions and get the songs stuck … Continue reading
A Something Sort Of Like Left-Libertarianism-ist Manifesto
I. “Forgive him , for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature.” –George Bernard Shaw Our tribe has a custom of dividing into Right and Left. The Right supports economic laissez-faire and traditional social … Continue reading
The Poor You Will Always Have With You
I’m gradually reading through responses to the Anti-Reactionary FAQ, but I’ll take a moment to respond to this excellent and well-argued post from Habitable Worlds in particular because it points out an especially deep disagreement. Scharlach from Habitable Worlds objects … Continue reading
Some preliminary responses to responses to the Anti-Reactionary FAQ
I’m still sorting through the many comments I got on the Anti-Reactionary FAQ. Many of the criticisms were excellent. I would like to update the FAQ to reflect them eventually, but that would be a never-ending process, and disrupt some … Continue reading
The Anti-Reactionary FAQ
[Edit 3/2014: I no longer endorse all the statements in this document. I think many of the conclusions are still correct, but especially section 1 is weaker than it should be, and many reactionaries complain I am pigeonholing all of … Continue reading
Implicit Association Tests and Suicidality
While looking up data on the Implicit Association Test for my post two days ago, I came across Nock & Banaji 2007 (Prediction of Suicide Ideation and Attempts Among Adolescents Using a Brief Performance-Based Test), an interesting study which I … Continue reading