I Appear Missing 的中文翻译 两人相对而坐，中间一盏茶，各执一杯。布洛克的面容沟壑纵横，仿佛勾勒当地河道与支流的地图。凯莱布的皮肤光洁平整，孩童般的脸庞带着轻快而开放的神情。他们同岁。 “你这就错了，我的朋友。”布洛克说，抿了一口茶。 “是吗？可你承认了我的论点，每个人的生命价值相当。”凯莱布心平气和地回答。 “大致相当。但，即便如此，我能够证明你的哲学思想存在漏洞。” “请吧。”凯勒布说，抿了一口茶。 “你会为了救一名素不相识的孩童用自己的身体挡子弹吗？”布洛克问。 “毫不犹豫。” “为什么呢？” “感觉这么做是对的。”凯莱布坚定不移地说。
Category: Philosophy
Post Modernism: What AI Alignment Teaches Us About Education (and everything else)
There is a problem at the heart of, well everything. It pervades all our designs and is a time bomb whose ticks are accelerating. The problem is that of definition. (there are many footnotes in this article, as well as links. If you have an objection, check out the footnotes first! But if not, feel free to… Continue reading Post Modernism: What AI Alignment Teaches Us About Education (and everything else)
In Genuine Praise of So Called Folly: Why Only Nonoptimization Matters
Audio here The title of this article might seem a strange one coming from an economist. This is the third of three planned essays. The two preceding articles in this series, the first of which built a lens to observe life from a tautology and the second, took reasonable scientific inference from the first. In… Continue reading In Genuine Praise of So Called Folly: Why Only Nonoptimization Matters
Receptor Theory: Why Fiction is “True”
Audio version here This is a continuation of the last article on The Universal Lens. But only two claims from that article are needed. -All life must in some way be a statistical response model to its environment. This is because for life to continue, it must fulfill the dual mandates of gathering energy from… Continue reading Receptor Theory: Why Fiction is “True”
The Universal Lens: Basic Logic of Any Self Organizing System
(of which so far constitutes only life, but this logic applies to any and all future robot overlords[1]). All systems tend towards the inevitability of entropy. A drop of ink placed in a glass of water quickly and with statistical necessity will become a glass of tinted water. A rock placed in the water would… Continue reading The Universal Lens: Basic Logic of Any Self Organizing System
Jun
It was a hot summer's day. The shadows had grown short, the perfect time to acquire vitamin D from the sun's rays.I took my laptop in my bag, walking to the nearby park, doing my best to stay in the bits of road and path dappled in the sun's rays, passing parasols as I went.I… Continue reading Jun
I Appear Missing
The two sat across from each other, teapot between them, a cup in each hand. Brock's countenance was craggy, filled with all the lines one might expect of a map of local rivers and tributaries. Caleb's skin was smooth. His childlike face held a relaxed, open expression. They were the same age. "And that is… Continue reading I Appear Missing
Floyd and Towards a More Useful Definition of Privilege
What I think is the best way of understanding privilege is what you get to overlook in your day to day life that other people don't get to. I remember I used to tell students about taking late night bike rides in Beijing and how freeing that is to experience, biking through a massive empty… Continue reading Floyd and Towards a More Useful Definition of Privilege
Beaver Emperor
There once was a beaver who wanted to rule Japan, well first Japan and then the world. His plan was simple; first he would chew on trees and then! Then! He would continue to chew on trees, he wasn’t exactly sure how this would accomplish his goal, but he did not falter from his mission.… Continue reading Beaver Emperor
Guiding Principle
My guiding principle when teaching, telling a story, speaking with others, or well, anything is pretty simple: People can tell the difference between real and fake. The world is, let's face it, a pretty dark place, filled with hypocritical self serving motives, that we largely mask and pretend are not true. That is why I… Continue reading Guiding Principle
Homo Economicish 