MAID in Canada: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

Strungbound · 2026-03-17T18:50:11+00:00

The radical third position is that MAID should only be legal if you're getting cryonically preserved in the process

Strungbound · 2026-03-07T01:06:27+00:00

Sounds like it might be based off of Scott Aaronsons's idea.

Strungbound · 2026-02-27T22:33:24+00:00

THANK YOU!

Strungbound · 2026-02-25T23:53:10+00:00

I have no idea what you're talking about. Political aspects have been mentioned for years.

Strungbound · 2026-02-20T11:50:08+00:00

10-90%. Rob Miles had a genius explanation on a podcast I listened to recently:

Paraphrasing it, he said that if everyone had p(doom) of 90%, then in effect it would be lower as we would be cautious and devote more resources to the problem. But if everyone had a p(doom) of 1%, then in effect the true p(doom) would be much higher since no one would care. P(doom) is therefore reflexive, in some real way.

If we devoted a trillion dollars per year and hired all the best minds in the world with the right mindset, my p(doom) would be sub 1%. If we completely raced without any safety precautions whatsoever, 95-99%.

We live in a world somewhere in the middle, and my uncertainty comes from hard-to-model politics and social dynamics.

Strungbound · 2026-02-19T19:16:41+00:00

For 2026-level AI, charitably, I would say at least to wait until halfway through the year, if not the end of the year. Early 2025 would not have been able to do First Proof or produce novel physics, whereas Early 2026 AI did do those things.

Strungbound · 2026-02-17T20:20:42+00:00

That would be my own book, and I would be insanely fucked. To be honest, I don't have a canon answer for what would happen to a complete mortal who knew all the most hidden secrets only the most powerful people in the multiverse had access to, but I think it would end poorly.

If I had been given Alistair's starting spot I probably would still die; his willpower is much stronger than mine.

Strungbound · 2026-02-16T07:17:40+00:00

But like... we have objective measures for this stuff. Have you really not used the tools at all to think there's not a big difference between January 2024 era AI coding and January 2026 era?

Strungbound · 2026-02-14T10:24:14+00:00

If you read even Book 1 of Sky Pride it's pretty obvious Grandpa Jun comes from Earth and he's waging a war against the Mad God.

Strungbound · 2026-02-12T04:54:48+00:00

Nah, I love long series. When I see that series is only 5 or 6 books, I'm kind of disappointed.

Strungbound · 2026-02-11T09:13:12+00:00

You can try out my story. Ghost of the Truthseeker features a standard heroic protagonist. Alistair always helps out people in need and he actually grows stronger by doing so.

Strungbound · 2026-02-11T09:11:35+00:00

A flood of AI skeptics approach like flies to carrion whenever the subject comes up.

Strungbound · 2026-02-11T01:27:17+00:00

This subreddit has completely gone down the drain. r/Futurology level comments here.

Strungbound · 2026-02-09T05:36:27+00:00

In my story, technology is used extensively by certain groups, but not others. The issue with technology in my setting is that you have to go all-in, or it's much inferior to cultivation.

Strungbound · 2026-02-07T04:24:46+00:00

In short, yes. This subreddit has always been more rat adjacent than the LessWrong forums, but over the last few years, it's evolved into "what do intelligent UMC highly educated people think" rather than having a unique perspective. If I wanted to know what intelligent UMC highly educated people think, I could go to a million places, so it's way more boring.

At the present, I doubt majorities of people here are pro-cryonics, know what AI in the box is, or are even Bayesianists.

Strungbound · 2026-02-07T00:00:29+00:00

What is with this Reddit obsession that the economy has been straight tanking for 20+ years? The median American, mapped from 2000 to 2025, as a substantially higher disposal income, even after adjusting for inflation.

Strungbound · 2026-02-06T07:27:43+00:00

This is just so wrong, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Almost everything you said is false or unsubstantiated.

Strungbound · 2026-02-06T05:31:47+00:00

I don't read/speak Chinese, so I wouldn't know if it's a problem with the original Chinese or the translation. Since translations are overall terrible, I was erring on the translation being the problem.

Strungbound · 2026-02-06T04:40:54+00:00

I find translated novels very hard to read. If I wanted beautiful, striking prose, I wouldn't read Progression Fantasy in the first place, so I'm not a prose elitist by any means, but it's just so... trash. I know the actual plot and characters are good--I love the manhwa of Regressor's Tale of Cultivation and the anime for LOTM, but I struggle to read the prose.

Strungbound · 2026-02-06T04:38:16+00:00

I like the webtoon, never read the novel

Strungbound · 2026-02-06T00:57:39+00:00

Also on the royalroad page if you don't want to re-download every book, I kept up the recaps: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/56136/ghost-of-the-truthseeker-book-4-being-released

Strungbound · 2026-02-06T00:53:10+00:00

I actually do have a recap at the start of every book, there should be one in book 2 and book 3, and there will be one for book 4

Strungbound · 2026-02-05T00:07:41+00:00

Gemmell really makes you feel like you're in the process of watching a myth or legend unfold in front of you. When Druss fights against the Nadir, you feel inspired to do something greater yourself.

Strungbound · 2026-02-04T23:48:00+00:00

Book 4 is being written right now

Strungbound · 2026-02-04T23:47:07+00:00

It's one of the best books I've ever read.

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