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www.lesswrong.com | ||
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distill.pub
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| | | | | If we want to train AI to do what humans want, we need to study humans. | |
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www.abolitionist.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The text presents a vision for a cruelty-free world through the abolition of suffering, advocating for the use of advanced biotechnology, infotechnology, and nanotechnology to reprogram the source code of nature. It emphasizes the feasibility of this goal, suggesting that the challenges of reprogramming non-human animals are less complex than those of humans. The text also highlights the need for academic research and political action to transition from the current status quo to a compassionate ecosystem. It references religious principles such as Ahimsa and the concept of stewardship, suggesting that these can support the abolitionist project. The text concludes with a call to action for compassion and responsibility in shaping a better future. | |
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qualiacomputing.com
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| | | | | "It seems plain and self-evident, yet it needs to be said: the isolated knowledge obtained by a group of specialists in a narrow field has in itself no value whatsoever, but only in its synthesis with all the rest of knowledge and only inasmuch as it really contributes in this synthesis toward answering the demand,... | |
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qualiacomputing.com
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| | | Excerpts fromUnifying Theories of Psychedelic Drug Effects(2018) by Link Swanson(these are just key quotes; the full paper is worth reading) Abstract How do psychedelic drugs produce their characteristic range of acute effects in perception, emotion, cognition, and sense of self? How do these effects relate to the clinical efficacy of psychedelic-assisted therapies? Efforts to understand... | ||
