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The **Lance Armstrong problem** Did we get the AI to be **actually safe** or **good at hiding its dangerous actions?**
When dealing with an intelligent agent, it’s hard to tell the difference between “behaving well” and “*appearing* to behave well.”
When professional cycling was cracking down on performance-enhancing drugs, Lance Armstrong was very successful and seemed to be unusually “clean.” It later came out that he had been using drugs with an unusually sophisticated operation for concealing them.
How We Could Stumble Into AI Catastrophe
Cold Takes
The most economically powerful thing you can do is to buy something for your own enjoyment that also improves the world. This has always been the value proposition of journalism and art. It’s a nonexclusive good that’s best enjoyed nonexclusively.
Unlocking the Commons and Collective Micropatronage
kottke.org
Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me.
Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you.
But [[asking for help with gratitude::highlight]] says: We have the power to help each other.
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Startupy
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