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Essays on curiosity

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Jul 17, 2023ACX

Contra The xAI Alignment Plan

Scott Alexander critiques Elon Musk's xAI alignment strategy of creating a 'maximally curious' AI, arguing it's both unfeasible and potentially dangerous.

21 min read 3,140 words

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Apr 26, 2009LW

Where's Your Sense of Mystery?

Scott analyzes why people are more curious about pseudoscience than real science, arguing that our sense of mystery is an evolutionary algorithm that responds to solvability, worldview-altering potential, social status, and human-level problems rather than actual importance.

11 min read 1,562 words

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