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Vaughn Papenhausen

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Philosophy lecturer interested in metaethics and AI safety. Former username Ikaxas.

I am not currently bound by any contracts or agreements whose existence I cannot mention.

Where Do Chat­bots Come From? What I Wish Every­one Knew About AI in 2026

Vaughn Papenhausen21 Sep 2026 1:05 UTC
18 points
3 comments18 min readLW link
(vaughnpapenhausen.substack.com)

“Keep­ing hu­man skills al­ive” as a source of mean­ing un­der full automation

Vaughn Papenhausen29 Aug 2026 6:38 UTC
10 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

My AI Syl­labus Policy

Vaughn Papenhausen24 Aug 2026 21:36 UTC
26 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(vaughnpapenhausen.substack.com)

The AI Race is Not a Pri­soner’s Dilemma

Vaughn Papenhausen4 Aug 2026 23:45 UTC
67 points
6 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Has the effec­tive­ness of fever screen­ing de­clined?

Vaughn Papenhausen27 Mar 2020 22:07 UTC
8 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

Po­ten­tial Re­search Topic: Vingean Reflec­tion, Value Align­ment and Aspiration

Vaughn Papenhausen6 Feb 2020 1:09 UTC
15 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] What tech­ni­cal pre­reqs would I need in or­der to un­der­stand Stu­art Arm­strong’s re­search agenda?

Vaughn Papenhausen18 Sep 2019 17:17 UTC
11 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view—Other Minds: The Oc­to­pus, the Sea, and the Deep Ori­gins of Consciousness

Vaughn Papenhausen3 Dec 2018 8:00 UTC
36 points
18 comments16 min readLW link

Try­ing for Five Minutes on AI Strategy

Vaughn Papenhausen17 Oct 2018 16:18 UTC
18 points
9 comments4 min readLW link

A Pro­cess for Deal­ing with Mo­ti­vated Reasoning

Vaughn Papenhausen3 Sep 2018 3:34 UTC
15 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Ikaxas’ Ham­mer­time Fi­nal Exam

Vaughn Papenhausen1 May 2018 3:30 UTC
10 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Ikaxas’ Short­form Feed

Vaughn Papenhausen8 Jan 2018 6:19 UTC
5 points
30 comments1 min readLW link