A Proposal for a Universal Moral Core
Technological progress requires moral progress. The necessity of moral progress becomes obvious in the extreme, when capabilities arise that allow entire worlds to be destroyed with the push of a button. Science fiction presents us with many dramatic examples, such as the destruction of the planet Alderaan in Star Wars, or the shocking finale of the Three Body Problem. But even today, far from these extremes, with every bit of technological progress our ability to destroy grows faster than ou...
A Proposal for a Universal Moral Core
Technological progress requires moral progress. The necessity of moral progress becomes obvious in the extreme, when capabilities arise that allow entire worlds to be destroyed with the push of a button. Science fiction presents us with many dramatic examples, such as the destruction of the planet Alderaan in Star Wars, or the shocking finale of the Three Body Problem. But even today, far from these extremes, with every bit of technological progress our ability to destroy grows faster than ou...
Gritt
Announcing our Series A Investment
Against Pure Reinforcement Learning & For Grounding AI in Human Knowledge
Richard Sutton recently quit Keen to pursue his own reinforcement learning startup. That reminded of his conversation with Dwarkesh Patel, in which Sutton argues forcefully against the usefulness of training on existing human knowledge. Even though we can apply a lot of compute to it and have done so, we will run out of knowledge and then what. Arguably we have already arrived at this point. Sutton’s answer of course is that you just want to figure out what it really means to learn and then A...
Against Pure Reinforcement Learning & For Grounding AI in Human Knowledge
Richard Sutton recently quit Keen to pursue his own reinforcement learning startup. That reminded of his conversation with Dwarkesh Patel, in which Sutton argues forcefully against the usefulness of training on existing human knowledge. Even though we can apply a lot of compute to it and have done so, we will run out of knowledge and then what. Arguably we have already arrived at this point. Sutton’s answer of course is that you just want to figure out what it really means to learn and then A...
Philosophy Mondays: Progress in Physics
To truly understand the world, we must bridge the gap between philosophy and physics. Recent breakthroughs in gravity and quantum theory are finally moving us past stagnant paradigms to make this possible.
Philosophy Mondays: Progress in Physics
To truly understand the world, we must bridge the gap between philosophy and physics. Recent breakthroughs in gravity and quantum theory are finally moving us past stagnant paradigms to make this possible.
A Brief Note on the US China Strategy
By confronting China politically while becoming economically dependent, the US violated basic game theory. To reach a stable multipolar world, we must build supply chain resilience.
A Brief Note on the US China Strategy
By confronting China politically while becoming economically dependent, the US violated basic game theory. To reach a stable multipolar world, we must build supply chain resilience.
Alqem
Announcing our seed investment in AI-discovered, rare-earth-free magnets
Alqem
Announcing our seed investment in AI-discovered, rare-earth-free magnets
Happy 250th Anniversary, America!
Before coming to the US for the first time, I attended a long weekend orientation held by the organization that was arranging my stay. We were warned that we would feel homesick, and that we would experience culture shock. I arrived in Rochester, Minnesota in 1983 at age 16. The wonderful Williams family welcomed me into their home. Bob was an engineer working on the AS400 chip at IBM's Rochester facility. Jeanette was a professional parliamentarian. Sandee and Scott, my host siblings, were a...
Happy 250th Anniversary, America!
Before coming to the US for the first time, I attended a long weekend orientation held by the organization that was arranging my stay. We were warned that we would feel homesick, and that we would experience culture shock. I arrived in Rochester, Minnesota in 1983 at age 16. The wonderful Williams family welcomed me into their home. Bob was an engineer working on the AS400 chip at IBM's Rochester facility. Jeanette was a professional parliamentarian. Sandee and Scott, my host siblings, were a...
