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Writing For The AIs

Scott explores three approaches to 'writing for AI' - teaching knowledge, influencing beliefs, and enabling simulation - finding the first limited, the second theoretically confused, and the third creepy and ethically troubling.

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Nov 3, 2025 1,316 words 183 likes 317 comments Listen · 8 min Read Read
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Initial Conditions

Scott Alexander examines the prevalence of people going by initials, particularly those starting with 'J', and explores various theories to explain this trend.

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Apr 22, 2022 476 words 97 likes 308 comments Listen · 5 min Read Read
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Cryonics without freezers: resurrection possibilities in a Big World

Scott argues that if Big World theories are true and we accept the consequentialist view of identity used by cryonics advocates, then perfect copies of you already exist throughout the multiverse, making cryonics unnecessary for a form of immortality.

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Apr 4, 2012 1,832 words 79 likes 141 comments Read Read
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