far.in.net

~Far be it from me

or, views from my ascent of the shoulders of a giant tower of people

Writing is thinking. There is a lot to think about, therefore there is a lot to write about. Here is a collection of writings reflecting snapshots of my progress in thinking.

While I aim for readability, I don’t always aim to be read. Beware that your time might be better spent elsewhere. If you do spend time here, I welcome comments/questions via email.

“Planned” essays are not promised.

§Essays on technology and civilisation, especially AI risk

For thousands of years men dreamed of pacts with demons. Only now are such things possible.—Michèle of the Turing Police, Neuromancer

Risk models:

Move fast, break everything:

Research visions:

Guest lecture:

Open letters:

Fiction:

§Notes on the theory of computation and learning

Goal misgeneralisation:

Modelling computation:

Epiplexity:

Singular learning theory:

Transformers:

Bayesian inference:

Decision theory:

Expectiles are underrated:

§What passes for my research blog

Goals for my graduate studies:

Software taste:

Research journal:

Quotation collections:

§About the author

Rules I try to live by:

What I have been reading (and select detailed book summaries):