3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (28+ words) If the alignment problem was a coin, the heads would be the 'alignment with what' side. If 'both' sides were clean, would you lick that coin? (If off...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1707+ words) Earlier last week I got nerd-sniped by a paper called Condensation: a theory of concepts(Eisenstat 2025). It's the kind of paper where the abstract makes a claim so clean you assume you must be misreading it: roughly, there is a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1216+ words) Recommended soundtrack for this post As we all know, the march of technological progress is best summarized by this meme from Linkedin: The classical example of an abandoned timeline is the Glorious Atomic Future, as described in the 1957 Disney cartoon…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (759+ words) Published on December 9, 2025 2: 17 PM GMTGrandma's Kitchen'by Jacek Yerka.'Source. It is equipped with heat sources of various kinds, heat-resistant containers, a hob to evacuate toxic gas, instruments to manipulate reactive material adapted to different textures, measuring equipment, and, importantly, a…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (574+ words) I was once helping a child with her homework. She was supposed to write about a place that was important for her, and had chosen her family's summer cottage. Every now and then, she would get distracted from the writing,…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago  (422+ words) Rationality is the art of thinking in ways that result in accurate beliefs and good decisions. It is the primary topic of Less Wrong. Rationality is not only about avoiding the vices of self-deception and obfuscation (the failure to communicate…...