jacob_cannell

Karma: 5,983

I have a compute-market startup called vast.ai, and I’m working towards aligned AI. Currently seeking networking, collaborators, and hires—especially top notch cuda/gpu programmers.

My personal blog: https://entersingularity.wordpress.com/

Brain Efficiency: Much More than You Wanted to Know

jacob_cannell6 Jan 2022 3:38 UTC

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The Brain as a Universal Learning Machine

jacob_cannell24 Jun 2015 21:45 UTC

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AI Timelines via Cumulative Optimization Power: Less Long, More Short

jacob_cannell6 Oct 2022 0:21 UTC

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Contra Yudkowsky on AI Doom

jacob_cannell24 Apr 2023 0:20 UTC

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Contra Yudkowsky on Doom from Foom #2

jacob_cannell27 Apr 2023 0:07 UTC

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The Unfriendly Superintelligence next door

jacob_cannell2 Jul 2015 18:46 UTC

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Empowerment is (almost) All We Need

jacob_cannell23 Oct 2022 21:48 UTC

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LOVE in a simbox is all you need

jacob_cannell28 Sep 2022 18:25 UTC

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Magna Alta Doctrina

jacob_cannell11 Dec 2021 21:54 UTC

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Fast Minds and Slow Computers

jacob_cannell5 Feb 2011 10:05 UTC

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Analogical Reasoning and Creativity

jacob_cannell1 Jul 2015 20:38 UTC

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DL towards the unaligned Recursive Self-Optimization attractor

jacob_cannell18 Dec 2021 2:15 UTC

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Rational Health Optimization

jacob_cannell18 Sep 2010 19:47 UTC

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Resolving the Fermi Paradox: New Directions

jacob_cannell18 Apr 2015 6:00 UTC

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Evolution Solved Alignment (what sharp left turn?)

jacob_cannell12 Oct 2023 4:15 UTC

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[Link] Word-vector based DL system achieves human parity in verbal IQ tests

jacob_cannell13 Jun 2015 23:38 UTC

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Subjective Relativity, Time Dilation and Divergence

jacob_cannell11 Feb 2011 7:50 UTC

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C19 Prediction Survey Thread

jacob_cannell30 Mar 2020 0:53 UTC

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Resurrection through simulation: questions of feasibility, desirability and some implications

jacob_cannell24 May 2012 7:22 UTC

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[Link]: KIC 8462852, aka WTF star, “the most mysterious star in our galaxy”, ETI candidate, etc.

jacob_cannell20 Oct 2015 1:10 UTC

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