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Jan 24, 2023LW

Alexander and Yudkowsky on AGI goals

A technical dialogue between Scott Alexander and Eliezer Yudkowsky exploring why AI alignment is difficult, covering the inapplicability of human moral development analogies, the nature of AI consequentialism, and skepticism about acausal trade as a safety mechanism.

62 min read 9,555 words

Apr 1, 2018SSC

The Hour I First Believed

Scott Alexander speculates on how concepts from decision theory and AI could lead to the emergence of a God-like entity across the multiverse, which judges and potentially rewards human behavior.

18 min read 2,790 words

acausal trade AI safety decision theory

Mar 21, 2017SSC

[REPOST] The Demiurge’s Older Brother

Fiction by Scott Alexander

13 min read 1,998 words

acausal trade artificial intelligence creative writing