Posts by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
(DIR) Post #ARqS3sw1Fuo1xwJ888 by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-01-20T20:08:49Z
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Also big thanks to those on here who recommended "quantum-resistant" as a slightly better alternative to "quantum-proof"
(DIR) Post #ASAAg6hAd90RdMdXA8 by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-01-30T08:28:14Z
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Interesting to see the growing divergence. The fact that the person on the left is in crypto and the person on the right is in AI is of course not surprising.
(DIR) Post #ASABkO0kIDA0RyOge8 by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-01-30T08:40:16Z
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@phildoherty AI in general has grown very centralized around SF lately, and crypto is unique in being the opposite, I think in part because of an intentional desire to be that way. I suspect the crypto space even has unique evolved arrangements like a very strong global conference culture that makes it easy for people who are far away from top-tier locations to still feel connected.
(DIR) Post #ASAarjRVVSrHngVw3M by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-01-30T13:21:41Z
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@cerbivore @phildoherty Theoretically nothing stops there being an AI company with a distributed work team connecting to a remote centralized data center.
(DIR) Post #ASy7zkgQivhOL4i4PY by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-02-23T10:53:42Z
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A graphic from waitbutwhy. IMO there is a missing and underdiscussed top right quadrant: "I am willing to change my mind, but I want your mind to change only at the same time and in the same direction that mine does".
(DIR) Post #AT0SGjnNfHKzuKG1zs by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-02-24T13:50:19Z
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One year anniversary of the start of something terrible. But also of great bravery and courage from all those in Ukraine and around the world who decided to do something about it.
(DIR) Post #AT8Ds63PvULTblnI4u by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-02-28T07:46:42Z
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Some personal user experiences:https://vitalik.ca/general/2023/02/28/ux.html
(DIR) Post #AT8EI0joJYVseJyp7o by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-02-28T07:51:26Z
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@henryfarrell I once tried drawing an imagined US secession map based on county-by-county data. It definitely looks weird and is still far from capturing all the divides:
(DIR) Post #AT8Ed2JfdoPxcrmMQC by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-02-28T07:55:15Z
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@henryfarrell I think the part of that nytimes piece that I react most strongly against, however, is that the piece does feel like it has a nirvana fallacy mentality. We can't have political boundaries that fit literally perfectly with our differences, and so we should not even try improving on that dimension, and just accept political boundaries as they are and turn it into a morality play about how sticking together despite large differences is an inherently virtuous thing.
(DIR) Post #AT8Eq4N9J9IdldcY1Q by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-02-28T07:57:36Z
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@henryfarrell It becomes easier to see the limits of that view once you expand beyond the US. US and Canada are in many important respects "kinda like one people", and yet they're two countries and that works fine, possibly even better than if they were merged (though I support fully open borders between the two).
(DIR) Post #AT8FTwNeROWKZ2rr0K by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-02-28T08:04:47Z
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In general, the core idea that if two groups come to really dislike each other they should find a way to have somewhat less deep political ties seems wise to me. So I wonder what would be a better way to achieve some steps toward that goal.
(DIR) Post #ATxNflqKb7x3Vr8lBg by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-03-24T16:55:53Z
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About to speak at mevconomics wtf in a few min!Listen at http://ethglobal.tv
(DIR) Post #AWcGnVu6rhnhjjh9Jg by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-06-12T13:17:11Z
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Fellow ethereum users: between you and your friends and close associates combined, do you estimate you have lost more money to (i) transaction fees, or (ii) wallet hacks + lost keys?
(DIR) Post #AWeNGjAPcYmjJHYOBM by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-06-13T13:39:08Z
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The cultural difference between 2023 USA and 2023 China is roughly as large as the cultural difference between 2023 USA and year-____ USA?
(DIR) Post #AWvDI6hGku7wcY6WcS by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-06-21T16:37:26Z
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@caitlyn 我不想与设什么，我只想对比地方的距离和时间的距离这种对比可能有一些有意思的结论，比如如果时间的距离更大，怕移民但不怕自己国的下一代看起来很愚蠢
(DIR) Post #AWvDdAHYcXYvp07QrQ by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-06-21T16:40:42Z
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Cultural preservation seems like an underrated argument for massively increasing longevity research. Nature is killing off entire generations that have their own unique cultures just as much as countries/cities do, and anything we do to preserve documents, architecture, art pales in comparison to actually keeping the people themselves alive.
(DIR) Post #AWvDncDNcfFdLh9FJY by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-06-21T16:43:08Z
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To be clear, to me personally, by far the most important reason to preserve human life is because life is good in itself, far more important than any arguments about various forms of secondary value to other people. But it's worth acknowledging that all of this secondary value exists.
(DIR) Post #AbgWNeUEksmZGAbEy8 by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-11-11T03:51:00Z
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Hypothetically, would you rather have:1. AI is not delayed, but the strongest AI, 10 years ahead of everyone else, is in the hands of a single very powerful corporation2. All AI delayed by 10 years
(DIR) Post #AbghhLhbP6NoHwRiJE by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-11-11T05:57:51Z
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Hypothetically, would you rather have:1. AI is not delayed, but the strongest AI, 10 years ahead of everyone else, is in the hands of a single very powerful US government body2. All AI delayed by 10 years
(DIR) Post #AbghkQVpyZSe4lPVzM by vbuterin@cryptodon.lol
2023-11-11T05:58:26Z
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Hypothetically, would you rather have:1. AI is not delayed, but the strongest AI, 10 years ahead of everyone else, is in the hands of a single very powerful multinational inter-governmental agency2. All AI delayed by 10 years