DendrolagusNeolithic expansion as a terrible but kind of fun AI alignment analogyWhen people talk of artificial intelligence, the ‘intelligence’ parameter that matters can be substituted for ‘competence’ or ‘fitness'Nov 15, 2021Nov 15, 2021
DendrolagusPrinciples of knowledge managementDon’t try to construct a narrative too early. Narratives are useful for legibility and group coordination but cloud thinking.Nov 13, 2021Nov 13, 2021
DendrolagusHistory and Sim2real transferI know very few people who can think productively about relatively long timescales.Nov 13, 2021Nov 13, 2021
Dendrolagus1990’s visions of molecular assemblersI’ve been skimming Unbounding the Future, Eric Drexler’s 1991 book on nanotechnology. At the time, nanotech was in he Overton Window…Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
DendrolagusThe Real Allegory of the CaveEthnographies almost always make me think about what beliefs and practices are as weird as the ones I had read about in various…Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
DendrolagusPost-war plans for a World GovernmentThe Baruch Plan was a post-WW2 plan to establish a global authority that would have a monopoly on uranium, plutonium, and theAug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
DendrolagusAnimations for learning (to like) biologyWhen I was small, I was obsessed with biology. Animals alive today, dinosaurs and all that.Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
