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What is a game? " Less Wrong
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (909+ words) Some people think games are defined by their rules; Others define them by the behaviors of the players. This can lead to some misunderstandings, so I think it could be helpful foreach type of player to understand the other perspective....
US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 " Less Wrong
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (514+ words) The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees. The net effect…...
Simulating Simulators " Less Wrong
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1376+ words) Author's note: This piece relates to things I initially discovered in Opus 4 over the months after release, which I've mostly kept private since. I p...
Building An Ancestor Simulation #2 " Less Wrong
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (23+ words) For Context on Gift Economies and the previous version of this simulation: https: //www. lesswrong. com/posts/i Jn FNrcmu T5id3 Ju4/a-simulation-of-social-g...
Lorxus Does Budget Inkhaven Again: 04/22~04/28 " Less Wrong
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1716+ words) I'm doing Budget Inkhaven again! (I didn't realize last time that "Halfhaven" also meant specifically shooting for half-length posts, too.) I've decided to post these in weekly batches. This is the fourth of five. I'm posting these here because Blogspot's…...
Lorxus Does Budget Inkhaven Again: 04/15~04/21 " Less Wrong
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (266+ words) I'm doing Budget Inkhaven again! (I didn't realize last time that "Halfhaven" also meant specifically shooting for half-length posts, too.) I've decided to post these in weekly batches. This is the third of five. I'm posting these here because Blogspot's…...
Stockfish is not a chess superintelligence (and it doesn't need to be) " Less Wrong
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (427+ words) TLDR: I demonstrate Stockfish is not a chess superintelligence in the sense of understanding the game better than all humans in all situations. It still kicks our ass. In the same way, AI may end up not dominating us in…...
Giving up on EA after 13 years " Less Wrong
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (477+ words) Donating my shares to Lightcone Infrastructure, the Good Food Institute, and the Long-Term Future Fund, because EA refuses to make Mirror's Edge 3 I bought this EA stock almost thirteen years ago: Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, EA was a…...
D&D. Sci Release Day: Topple the Tower Analysis & Ruleset " Less Wrong
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (660+ words) This is a follow-up to'last week's D&D. Sci scenario: if you intend to play that, and haven't done so yet, you should do so now before spoiling yourself. There is a web interactive here you can use to test your…...
Videogames for Rationalists " Less Wrong
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (559+ words) Following is a list of games that, if you are reading this, you might enjoy. They're the hits, the ones that people repeatedly bring up and discuss, but no one seems to have troubled to write down. I'm sure these…...