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The Least Con­ve­nient Pos­si­ble World

Scott Alexander14 Mar 2009 2:11 UTC
299 points
204 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] What could one do with truly un­limited com­pu­ta­tional power?

Yitz11 Nov 2020 10:03 UTC
30 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Hy­po­thet­i­cal situ­a­tions are not meant to exist

casebash27 Sep 2015 10:58 UTC
3 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Up­dat­ing on hypotheticals

casebash6 Nov 2015 11:49 UTC
6 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

A note on hypotheticals

PhilGoetz7 Aug 2009 18:56 UTC
23 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Hy­po­thet­i­cals: The Direct Ap­pli­ca­tion Fallacy

Chris_Leong9 May 2018 14:23 UTC
21 points
19 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the con­tin­gency plan if we get AGI to­mor­row?

Yitz23 Jun 2022 3:10 UTC
61 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Please Don’t Fight the Hypothetical

TimS20 Apr 2012 14:29 UTC
40 points
65 comments2 min readLW link

“In­fo­haz­ards” The ML Field’s Great­est Ex­cuse.

Puffy Bird21 Sep 2022 3:19 UTC
−3 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

[Question] What is the min­i­mum amount of time travel and re­sources needed to se­cure the fu­ture?

Perhaps14 Jan 2024 22:01 UTC
−3 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Why Weren’t Hot Air Bal­loons In­vented Sooner?

Lost Futures18 Oct 2022 0:41 UTC
115 points
52 comments6 min readLW link
(lostfutures.substack.com)

[Question] What is go­ing to hap­pen in a case of an AGI era where hu­mans are out of the game?

Cipolla20 Jun 2024 17:44 UTC
−2 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Hy­po­thet­i­cal: what would you do?

JNS3 Aug 2023 22:39 UTC
4 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Anti-Carter Basilisk

Jon Gilbert26 May 2021 22:56 UTC
0 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What would make you con­fi­dent that AGI has been achieved?

Yitz29 Mar 2022 23:02 UTC
17 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] List of con­crete hy­po­thet­i­cals for AI takeover?

Yitz7 Apr 2022 16:54 UTC
7 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

In­ward and out­ward steelmanning

Q Home14 Jul 2022 23:32 UTC
13 points
6 comments18 min readLW link