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What a coincidence! I was just getting annoyed by Financial Times articles that always make up reasons after things happen. It made me realize that most news is exactly what Chomsky calls Manufacturing Consent.
I chatted with an AI about the idea that DNA/RNA arriving on Earth via asteroids is basically a biological Von Neumann machine. So the alien question is actually a strict Existential Risk (X-risk) issue, not a non-pragmatic one.
Have @Matt Beard and @Mjreard considered having a child and naming it Matt BrEArdon?
Matt Reardon might actually be the person who counterfactually changed my life more than anyone. So he gets naming rights
So you're saying he reard you?
Junior EAs getting advice that helps them grow: "I'm getting reard on"
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What a coincidence! I was just getting annoyed by Financial Times articles that always make up reasons after things happen. It made me realize that most news is exactly what Chomsky calls Manufacturing Consent.
I chatted with an AI about the idea that DNA/RNA arriving on Earth via asteroids is basically a biological Von Neumann machine. So the alien question is actually a strict Existential Risk (X-risk) issue, not a non-pragmatic one.
Also, my first language is Mandarin.