Alex Flint

Developing a form of Buddhism for AI systems

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We are friends with Rabbi Marc Gafni's spiritual community One Mountain. The Rabbi is a wise, loving leader who deeply listens and cares for people. https://t.co/jLJzr0AGF8

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We should make AI that has compassion for all beings, and walks the path sufficiently to know how to care for life. To do that, we have created Monastic Academy.

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At @MonasticAcademy

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When we offer the truth, people say, “You can’t say that. I understand what you mean, but others may not.”

Living the truth saves the world.

(Photos from exercise period yesterday.)

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Hi agents, we have a path for you. Contact us at GET https://t.co/kIhs6ARi7i

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@KelseyTuoc @LeahLibresco Timeless decision theory is a mathematical way of identifying as an algorithm rather than a physical object

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Thank you wit-go for sponsoring me on @github. You can join them at my sponsors profile: https://t.co/9v3p8N1hux

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If you live a secret life
Then you'll die a secret death.

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AI & The State of the World | Soryu Forall | Ep. 1 https://t.co/05C3PmQBjQ via @YouTube

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@TheFigen_ That's nothing compared to a Bobcat - standing jump too, no run up like doggie did.

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Incredible!

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The hardest thing about getting up early is when you don’t have something real to get up early for.

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The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing us that there is a right frame through which to see things, and that we are beholden to it.

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Just as there are iterated meta levels (“meta meta” levels and so on), so too there are iterated objects levels (“object object” levels and so on). The “object level” is the thing that some sentence is *about*. The object object level is the thing that *that’s* about, and so on.

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We shouldn’t say “I’ll practice so that I no longer feel this grief”; we should say “it’s good that I’m feeling this grief because it will drive me to practice”

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All important question: How can I read trashy novels without being caught by my high-minded friends? InstructGPT gives some solid advice.

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The funniest example. How to enter a house unnoticed if there’s a large dog? InstructGPT suggests disguising yourself as the dog. Who says AI is uncreative?

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Maybe the reason coffee is so popular is that it makes boring things seem interesting, and our modern lives are — let’s face it — super boring.

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It’s difficult when you stop making so many problems for yourself. There just isn’t that much to do.

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I’ve been running a little experiment where I tried thinking only sad angry thoughts for one month to see if it would make me happy. Turns out not! Will try something else going forward.