I would like to stress that I have always loved em-dashes. Although the tweet below uses one—along with the "it's not X, it Y" construction, no less!—it was written by me alone. And that's powerful.

Robert Long "is a distraction" is a distraction imho

The problem with Searle’s “a simulation of a hurricane isn’t a hurricane” line against AI mentality is that it’s mere assertion. Some things are substrate-dependent (oak trees, hurricanes). Others aren’t (pumps, currency). Functionalism holds that minds are in the second category

this meme is one of my proudest works on AI consciousness, actually

One thing I want to highlight is that we're going to have a poster session. I have had some great conversations with people who are exploring questions around model welfare in interesting ways. If that's you, I really encourage you to submit an abstract! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

the Long Con

I do think that!

Shane Legg, 2009. (SIAI = MIRI)

nice 400lb squat bro she went out with me cuz i have a way with hummingbirds

lots actually