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What will 2040 probably look like assuming no singularity?
Daniel Kokotajlo
1y
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Cutting edge technology
Elo
5y
7
31
The Thing That I Protect
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
24
31
Outline of possible Singularity scenarios (that are not completely disastrous)
Wei_Dai
11y
40
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Could we send a message to the distant future?
paulfchristiano
4y
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Solstice Movie Review: Summer Wars
JohnBuridan
6mo
6
27
The Accord
Timothy Underwood
1y
1
25
A Quick Taxonomy of Arguments for Theoretical Engineering Capabilities
Ruby
3y
1
4
Wealth from Self-Replicating Robots
Algernoq
8y
27
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After critical event W happens, they still won't believe you
Eliezer Yudkowsky
9y
107
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Thoughts on minimizing designer baby drama
John_Maxwell
7y
195
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The Price Of Space Is Friendship
sxae
1y
19
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What could be done with RNA and DNA sequencing that's 1000x cheaper than it's now?
ChristianKl
4y
7
27
Isaac Asimov's predictions for 2019 from 1984
Jan_Kulveit
3y
1
165
Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale
Scott Alexander
13y
232
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Absurdity Heuristic, Absurdity Bias
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
10
8
Attempts to Debias Hindsight Backfire!
Gram_Stone
6y
9
1
Existing Absurd Ideas
endoself
11y
0
105
Universal Law
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
26
61
The Correct Contrarian Cluster
Eliezer Yudkowsky
13y
255
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Regret, Hindsight Bias and First-Person Experience
Stabilizer
8y
2
8
Glide #1: Learning Rationality from Absurdity
musicmage4114
4y
0
54
The Zombie Preacher of Somerset
Scott Alexander
13y
34
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Why is the Future So Absurd?
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
17
24
Existing Absurd Technologies
Desrtopa
11y
59
21
What is bunk?
12y
108
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Hindsight bias
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
25
141
Stranger Than History
Eliezer Yudkowsky
15y
336