Story that was new to me, from the Orign Story podcast on AI. https://openai.com/index/faulty-reward-functions/ The AI boffins were training their AI on a video game that simulated boat races... The … (View Post)

One of the curious ways that the new right is like the old left. Incremental improvement is not only impossible, but undesirable, because it delays the inevitable revolution. (View Post)

The 5D chess version of this would be that, by throwing out all these terrible appointments, everyone is distracted from the routine grift that is the real object of the exercise. But the Occamite so… (View Post)

The date with Elon, or the date with Vlad? Either way, Melania is probably relieved. (View Post)

Maybe there will be a league table with a prize for the winner each week. But By Jimminy. This is bad. The bizarro thing being that it's exactly what you would expect, given Trump's electio… (View Post)