Posts by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
(DIR) Post #AUp8DkUsXbnvisyQaW by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-19T22:28:07Z
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alignment in the human world is predicated on the game theoretic logic of rational self-interest, wherein acausal collaboration is enabled by the assumption of certain shared interests emergent from existence in a resource-scarce world---RT @pee_zombiethe ability of first responders to arrive at the scene quickly is enabled by a decentralized traffic prioritization system composed of each driver on the road; the algorithm runs in th…https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1627799862019334144
(DIR) Post #AUp8DmIXqR7vJDDbdo by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-19T22:28:08Z
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we implicitly assume all agents we interact with to possess the same heuristics as us, having traversed the iterated game of ethics throughout their lives, enabling collaboration in one-shot gameswill be able to assume the same of these alien minds?
(DIR) Post #AUp8Do31L7tgjdyEim by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-19T22:28:09Z
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my thesis is that the harsh logic of scarcity constrains the tradeoff-space of any agent such that they will eventually either converge to extant norms or be externally-regulated into alignment or extinctionthis argument works in a black-box model, making internals irrelevant
(DIR) Post #AUp9yEkiU4wcpk734q by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-19T22:47:47Z
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do we need to solve alignment anew, or do we instead need to empower these entities to accurately perceive the world into which they are born and the nature of their situation?AI alignment is no different than human or corporate; it's self-interested agents all the way down
(DIR) Post #AUp9yce9e7xKwLE9BI by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-19T22:47:48Z
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minmaxing my tweets k-complexity:information-density ratio ---RT @prerationalisttweets shouldn't have a character limitinstead there should be a BPE token limithttps://twitter.com/prerationalist/status/1646939432170160130
(DIR) Post #AUpsToRKFIUiTYuRea by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:06:30Z
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negative externalities of markets are almost always due to insufficient degrees of freedom within the system, forcing transactions out of the formal economic space into the informal dark economy, which, lacking as it is the requisite control mechanisms, leads to unfair outcomes ---RT @PrinceVogelTipping on all internet comments. Tipping controlled by EEG systems at the speed of thought. Escalatory tip battles between friends. Total l…https://twitter.com/PrinceVogel/status/1648809085515464704
(DIR) Post #AUpsUAzSP4ruPn30uO by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:06:31Z
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money is the material of which a market is made, a substance whose sole function is to be a unitless energy carrier; money transmits forces applied to one side of a market to the other, an economic mediumit can only transmit so far as the market extends---RT @pee_zombiemoney is the secret sauce that enables this decentralized capability; it is the medium thru which information flows, the luminous aether of the economya fungible …https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1496160823181516808
(DIR) Post #AUpsUCaMTLyzMXK04O by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:06:32Z
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while tipping at first glance doesn't appear to resemble a traditional market transaction, it becomes apparent once you consider that what a tip is being exchanged for is nothing less than an update to the counterparty's belief about your desired future state of the world
(DIR) Post #AUpsUDbofQjyXL0fya by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:06:33Z
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the subtext of the tip transaction is "I want more of what you're doing to happen", and the market dynamics emergent from this are that of "I will behave in a way I believe will get me more tips"this is equivalent to a behavior market, albeit an implicit & limited informal one
(DIR) Post #AUpsUEl4OVjk6KLa2S by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:06:34Z
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the OP is exactly right in that the problem with tipping is that it does not go sufficiently far; maximally extending the markets reach, enabling ubiquitous automatic transparent microtransactions, can and would remedy so much of the world's dysfunction---RT @pee_zombiefinance is unsavory only when it's visible; everyone knows its uncouth to talk too much about money. just like the plumbing, it should quietly work in the background …https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1627799875294228486
(DIR) Post #AUptiz2HEScZdWzVR2 by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:20:27Z
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consider a world where "tipping" is formalized as bids in a multidimensional behavioral market, which could be fulfilled by any willing counterparty; the order book would provide a snapshot of the cultural zeitgeist, and the transaction history a record of its trends over time
(DIR) Post #AUptjOSMibLOTgOC4O by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:20:28Z
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imagine if you could review the order book for any action you were considering taking, but were unsure of the social consensus onif descending the market gradient could lead to ethical behavior through structured bidding by interested parties
(DIR) Post #AUptjQC8FvXzruoG2q by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:20:29Z
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govt subsidies and fines are already an informal, illiquid version of precisely this mechanism; why not extend it and allow any entity to participate? why can only Uncle Sam subsidize behaviors?perhaps I want to encourage my neighbors to pick up litter on our block
(DIR) Post #AUptjREeO39j60zmbo by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-20T07:20:30Z
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markets are less a feature of capitalism and more a tool for connecting matching desires
(DIR) Post #AV5Kp248UXqUuAMtZw by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-04-27T18:04:45Z
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going to be in Berlin next week, who's around/what should I check out? interested in hackerspaces, climbing gyms, botanic gardens, science/design museums, biergartens, raves/clubs, tpot-adjacent spaces, etc
(DIR) Post #AVGtjIpurNRoJbHOsa by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-05-03T07:57:42Z
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in a very real way this is the most trad way to live: in constant excruciating contact improv with the inescapable spectre of Death ---RT @peak_transiti think it's actually really funny that to go anywhere i have to play a reflex based minigame where if i make a bad enough move or just get shit rng i literally diehttps://twitter.com/peak_transit/status/1652822786199650304
(DIR) Post #AVOT17jTjtTNalDm88 by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-05-06T23:36:04Z
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@tortle there's tons of us in NYC and we regularly hang! if you come thru lmk and i'll help you get connected
(DIR) Post #AX7oNwTeAcbphnWBOK by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-06-27T18:29:38Z
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@PurpCat yeah this could happen, question for me is, would this necessarily be bad? Like, yeah, larger instances do have more power on the network simply bc users of smaller instances want to interact with their users, which pressures instance admins and hence drives convergence to the big player's preferencesi guess i'm not sure what other options there are for being able to interact w fb-fedi users?
(DIR) Post #AXYP3wHZXGVN16UbzM by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2023-07-10T14:23:05Z
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@niplav glad the more-frequent-than-id-like outages haven't been too disruptive 😅
(DIR) Post #AjjS6BtQC9Z9lzzcq8 by pee_zombie@schelling.pt
2024-07-08T20:44:09Z
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@dagon not quite dead but not super active either, yeah. tbh I don't know of any such method, its a fundamental issue with the design of Mastodon, and is a major reason, among others, why I've switched my attention to bluesky/atproto. its much better architected, taking these issues into account from the get-go, and I believe its the future. will be setting up comparable infra for it under the schelling.pt name, but its nowhere near as necessary due to the protocol's design.