Mati_Roy

Neu­ro­scien­tist sur­vey says P(brain preser­va­tion works) is substantial

• Mati_RoyJun 5, 2025, 7:54 PM

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  in reply to: Syd Lonreiro_’s comment on: Cry­on­ics is free

  probability of reverting biological viability of fixated brain seems plausibly higher to me than reverting structural integrity (connectome mapping) of traditional cryonics 🤷‍♂️ I’m still signed up with Alcor atm, but I’d rather vitrifixation

What Is Death?

• Mati_RoyApr 28, 2025, 3:34 PM

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  in reply to: Brendan Long’s comment on: Thoughts on the Dou­ble Im­pact Project

  Maybe you would need a trust in between?

  But yeah, good point, it might explain (more) why it didn’t blow up.

“A vic­tory for the nat­u­ral or­der”

• Mati_RoyApr 23, 2025, 5:34 PM

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  in reply to: Brendan Long’s comment on: Thoughts on the Dou­ble Im­pact Project

  should make it easier to convince, no? this system is more likely to mean the donation is tax deductible which is good

• Mati_RoyApr 23, 2025, 5:31 PM

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  in reply to: Hruss’s comment on: Thoughts on the Dou­ble Im­pact Project

  ah, yeah, that’s what I was referring to with:

  At some point this incentive mechanism would stop working because a party receiving 0 vs a party receiving non-zero would benefit more from having money at the margin.

• Mati_RoyApr 14, 2025, 5:00 AM

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  in reply to: Hruss’s comment on: Thoughts on the Dou­ble Im­pact Project

  I’m not sure I’m seeing how “most ads aren’t for getting people to switch sides” means “$10m of ads for one party and $8m in ads for the other is not equivalent to $2m in just one”

• Mati_RoyApr 14, 2025, 4:56 AM

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  in reply to: Eric Neyman’s comment on: Thoughts on the Dou­ble Im­pact Project

  Amazing, thank you! I’ll share with the founder I know

• Mati_RoyApr 14, 2025, 4:55 AM

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  in reply to: David Gross’s comment on: Thoughts on the Dou­ble Im­pact Project

  Thank you! I’ll share with the founder I know

Thoughts on the Dou­ble Im­pact Project

• Mati_RoyApr 1, 2025, 6:36 AM

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  in reply to: Scott Alexander’s comment on: Cry­on­ics is free

  it’s Jordan Sparks (https://​​cryonics.miraheze.org/​​wiki/​​Jordan_Sparks)

• Mati_RoyMar 8, 2025, 10:01 PM

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  on: How AI Takeover Might Hap­pen in 2 Years

  note to self: listened up to 26m

  i’d be interested in a story that goes deeper into how different U3 agents interact and what they’re wanting

• Mati_RoyJan 26, 2025, 5:37 PM

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  on: [Fic­tion] A Dis­ney­land Without Children

  I wish there was an audio version ☺️

• Mati_RoyDec 15, 2024, 2:11 AM

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  on: What are fic­tion sto­ries re­lated to AI al­ign­ment?

  Steven Universe s1e24

• Mati_RoyDec 15, 2024, 2:08 AM

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  in reply to: Mati_Roy’s comment on: Cry­on­ics is free

  Oh, based on your DM, they will still preserve and transport your brain to OregonCryo for indefinite storage for free if you can’t afford it. So I wouldn’t say they’re no longer active. But it’s still good info to know they aren’t doing the storage locally anymore. Thanks for sharing.

• Mati_RoyDec 8, 2024, 7:37 AM

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  in reply to: Shankar Sivarajan’s comment on: Parable of the vanilla ice cream curse (and how it would pre­vent a car from start­ing!)

  wow, nice, thanks for sharing 😅

Parable of the vanilla ice cream curse (and how it would pre­vent a car from start­ing!)

• Mati_RoyDec 1, 2024, 2:48 AM

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  in reply to: Sonderwonder’s comment on: Cry­on­ics is free

  Oh wow! Damn ☹️ Well, I’m super grateful for the time it was active. If you don’t mind sending me a copy of your exchanges, I’d be interested.

• Mati_RoyNov 18, 2024, 1:59 AM

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  on: Se­cond-Order Ra­tion­al­ity, Sys­tem Ra­tion­al­ity, and a fea­ture sug­ges­tion for LessWrong