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Ways the singularity could fail to happen - the poll
Coo, free accounts can do LJ polls now! Following on from this post, a poll.
I often find discussion of the idea of superintelligence quickly devolves into a less interesting discussion about how people feel about those who talk about superintelligence. I'm interested to know what you think will happen
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Going to the Bay Area in FIVE DAYS - who should I meet?
I board my flight on Thursday! I'll be at the CfAR minicamp for the first week, then I have a week in the Bay Area, from Sunday 29 July to Sunday 5 August. Do you want to meet up? Do you know someone I should meet? Is there something I should go to in that time? What are your transatlantic travel top tips? Thanks ( Read more... ) -
Apology
A comment on this post reminds me that I meant to say something about this and never did. I made this post about the Old Testament God a few months ago. It was a copy of a comment from an ongoing discussion between a current believer in the Jewish religion and various former believers. In context, therefore, the focus on problems with Judaism ( Read more... ) -
Pills puzzle
The following puzzle appears on Futility ClosetMy doctor wants to establish a dosage for a new drug, so he gives me a bottle of 48 pills and tells me to take them throughout the month of June. I can take as many or as few as I like on any given day, so long as I take at least 1 pill each day. Show that there’s a sequence of consecutive days during ( Read more... ) -
Going to the Bay Area in three months!
In the afternoon of Thursday 19th July, I'll be boarding a plane that will ultimately take me to SFO airport. I'll be attending the Center for Modern Rationality minicamp, then staying in the Bay Area with the marvellous
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Rant I wrote in IM
I never post, so here's a rant written in IM I want to preserve. Edited somewhat ( Read more... ) -
Phone buying advice
The time is coming for lovelybug to get a new Android mobile phone. My feeling is that it should be at least the same resolution as my HTC Desire (ie 480x800), and should be able to be a USB host - ie it should be possible to connect things like digital cameras to it and copy off the photos. Apart from that the most important consideration is cost, though ( Read more... ) -
Rationality
As many of you know, I'm part of a website whose purpose is to discuss how to think and make decisions more rationally; we also meet face-to-face. Leaving aside the specific characteristics of that website and group, what's your immediate reaction to the whole idea of a group for discussing how to be more rational ( Read more... )
