Writing
Just some thoughts; don't take seriously.
On Wet T-Shirt Contests
What explains wet t-shirt contests and how do similar events relate to the concept of cybernetics, wireheading? How do people voluntarily perform in such contests?
ReadKnowing the Ultimate Form of Reality
What is the ultimate form of reality, and what are the obstacles to understanding it? Why we may live in a quantum multiverse according to the Schrodinger's equation. Being thankful for the miracle of our existence.
ReadReligiosity and Transhumanism
What are the parallels between transhumanism and religion? Is transhumanism, and more broadly, science, also a religion?
ReadNote on Efficacy of ML and Beautiful Algos
A short note on how ML and gradient descent can exploit low-dimensional manifolds to solve very difficult problems, in many cases, converge to very clean representations (i.e. very few to no heuristics) with high accuracy and speed. Does this imply that, e.x. object recognition, CFD can have clean, beautiful, non-neural algorithms as well? What does this imply about the existence of low-dimensional structure in almost everything? Are the learned algorithms even comprehensible, or are they going to remain as indecipherable matrices of floating point numbers?
ReadOn Technological Progress
Why does recent technological progress seem awful, despite incredible developments to the contrary? What is the nature of technological progress? How does disruption reset our outlook on the future and possibly give us renewed hope?
ReadThe Value of Voluntary Effort
Explores why voluntary effort for creativity, careful thinking and problem solving are still so important, even if something can do them better. Individual understanding, learning and exercise of the imagination (creativity) are the primary reason to do things.
ReadExtrinsic vs. Intrinsic Rewards
Some thoughts about extrinsic vs. intrinsic rewards & the difference between them as a stable means to guide one's life.
ReadPost-Automation Life
How does one maintain their humanity and happiness in a variety of crazy futures?
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