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www.greaterwrong.com | ||
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longtermrisk.org
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| | | | | Suffering risks, or s-risks, are "risks of events that bring about suffering in cosmically significant amounts" (Althaus and Gloor 2016).1 This article will discuss why the reduction of s-risks could be a candidate for a top priority among altruistic causes aimed at influencing the long-term future. The number of sentient beings in the future might be astronomical, and certain cultural, evolutionary, and technological forces could cause many of these beings to have lives dominated by severe suffering. S-... | |
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scottaaronson.blog
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| | | | | Update (Dec. 17): Some of you might enjoy a 3-hour podcast I recently did with Lawrence Krauss, which was uploaded to YouTube just yesterday. The first hour is about my life and especially childhood (!); the second hour's about quantum computing; the third hour's about computational complexity, computability, and AI safety. I'm being attacked on... | |
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www.lesswrong.com
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| | | | | A philosophical zombieis not sentient, but it acts as if it is. | |
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togelius.blogspot.com
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| | | When you play Chess, there are on average something like 30 different moves you can make each turn. In other words, the branching factor is ... | ||
