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Joined September 2019
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Food $200 Healthcare $150 AI Alignment $150 AI Capabilities $3,600,000,000,000 Human Intelligence Enhancement $50 LessWrong + Lighthaven $20 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my lightcone is dying (LessWrong + Lighthaven are fundraising, a 🧵)
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I'm not usually one to share my lurid music tastes, but the new LessWrong collab album slaps
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A whole team effort, LW just launched a new page for viewing the winning posts of our community annual review process. Humorously titled "The LeastWrong", all the winning posts get some gorgeous art, and a cool interface for exploring them. lesswrong.com/leastwrong
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Just dropped a new feature. "Debates" lesswrong.com/posts/kXiAGRWF…

[New LW Feature] "Debates" — LessWrong

Following the success of the  2021 MIRI Conversations in drawing out various people's views on key questions in AI and digging into their disagreemen…

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LessWrong is hiring devs and generalists! $150-300k Apply: bit.ly/3DC3Cjj Why join? There’s a community of thinkers trying to save civilization. Think of it as a “distributed computation” trying to figure out what’s true. Our goal is to make the computation better 1/N
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Oh, we figured it was a bit confusing to lump all our activities under the "LessWrong" brand, so we've organized as "Lightcone Infrastructure". LessWrong continues as one (but only one) major project. 8/N
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Again, we’re hiring. Devs and world-class generalists, $150-300k/year, Berkeley. We're a 501c3. Apply: lightconeinfrastructure.com/
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Food: $200 Servers: $150 Rent: $800 Paperclips: $10,000,000 Salary: $150 someone who is good at nonprofit management please help me budget this. my civilization is dying
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"Stop lurking; write that comment. You know the saying about letting people suspect you’re dumb rather than opening your mouth and removing all doubt? Fuck that. We know you’re dumb. You get less dumb by saying things and getting feedback." via @lesswrong lesswrong.com/posts/HJeD6XbM…

100 Ways To Live Better — LessWrong

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Just want to bump these beautiful books that I just got today. Thank you, @lesswrong! lesswrong.com/books
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@lesswrong books came! Epigraph, Book 1: If the box contains a diamond, I desire to believe that the box contains a diamond; If the box does not contain a diamond, I desire to believe that the box does not contain a diamond; Let me not become attached to beliefs I may not want.
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LW + EA Anywhere are hosting an ultra NYE party in our GatherTown world. 16 hours, Europe + US. Convos, dancing, countdowns, games, predictions, reflection, deep philosophy chats. Visit the Great Library, Heaven, Hell, Ballroom, Moloch Maze, etc. Join us! fb.me/e/1ZvEdcfWk
The Opulent Ballroom is being prepared.

ALT The Opulent Ballroom is being prepared.

Even when it's race to the center, it's a race to the bottom.

ALT Even when it's race to the center, it's a race to the bottom.

Take a seat.

ALT Take a seat.

Here fishy, fishy.

ALT Here fishy, fishy.

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Link for the non-FB users: lesswrong.com/events/PwinnkX… Early dance floor testing:
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