Basic Questions

TagLast edit: 6 Apr 2023 12:30 UTC by ChristianKl

A thread that invites users to ask any questions and even those that might seem stupid.

Stupid Questions Open Thread

Costanza29 Dec 2011 23:23 UTC

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Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 2

OpenThreadGuy20 Apr 2012 19:38 UTC

21 points

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Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 3

OpenThreadGuy7 Jul 2012 17:16 UTC

11 points

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Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 4

lukeprog27 Aug 2012 0:04 UTC

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Yet More “Stupid” Questions

NancyLebovitz8 Sep 2013 14:18 UTC

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Stupid Questions—September 2017

ChristianKl27 Sep 2017 9:51 UTC

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Stupid Questions October 2020

ChristianKl21 Oct 2020 11:41 UTC

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All AGI safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [July 2022]

plex and Robert Miles

16 Jul 2022 12:57 UTC

84 points

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All AGI safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [Sept 2022]

plex8 Sep 2022 11:56 UTC

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All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [~monthly thread]

Robert Miles1 Nov 2022 23:23 UTC

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All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [~monthly thread]

mwatkins and Robert Miles

26 Jan 2023 21:01 UTC

39 points

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All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [April 2023]

steven04618 Apr 2023 4:21 UTC

57 points

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All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [May 2023]

steven04618 May 2023 22:30 UTC

33 points

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All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [July 2023]

smallsilo20 Jul 2023 20:20 UTC

38 points

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[Question] For fun: How long can you hold your breath?

exanova6 Dec 2023 23:36 UTC

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Would AIs trapped in the Metaverse pine to enter the real world and would the ramifications cause trouble?

ProfessorFalken7 Dec 2023 10:17 UTC

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[Question] Why is there an alignment problem?

InfiniteLight22 Dec 2023 6:19 UTC

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[Question] Does the hardness of AI alignment undermine FOOM?

TruePath31 Dec 2023 11:05 UTC

8 points

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[Question] Questions about Solomonoff induction

mukashi10 Jan 2024 1:16 UTC

7 points

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