The Dragon King’s DecisionA short story exploring the twin births of Christianity and Mahayana BuddhismJun 13Jun 13
An Introduction to Adaptive Narrative Control TheoryEvery so often as a researcher, I come across a theoretical paper that aligns so well with my own thinking that I can’t help but want to…Jun 5A response icon23Jun 5A response icon23
The Beginner’s RL Playground: A Simple Interactive Website for Grokking Reinforcement LearningAlmost a decade ago, I spent a year writing a series of articles teaching the basics of Reinforcement Learning (RL). What was exciting to…Apr 28Apr 28
Beyond Dopamine Nation: Towards a Fuller Picture of Addiction and RecoveryDopamine Nation by Anna Lembke has become an almost inescapable text in the past few years, even to those who have not read it. Thanks in…Apr 3A response icon8Apr 3A response icon8
What Kingdom Hearts II Can Teach Us About AI Sentience and Moral PatienthoodI have spent the past few weeks replaying the classic PlayStation 2 game Kingdom Hearts II. The last time that I played through the game…Mar 2A response icon2Mar 2A response icon2
Gradual Disempowerment or Golden Age? Rethinking Human Freedom in the Shadow of AGIA preprint on arXiv has been making the rounds this past week called Gradual Disempowerment: Systemic Existential Risks from Incremental AI…Feb 11Feb 11
One Trillion and One NightsAn experiment using LLMs to procedurally generate browser-based JRPGsJan 22A response icon1Jan 22A response icon1
Sorry e/acc, Accelerationism is Anti-Capitalist to its CoreAn Essay on Reclaiming Deleuze and Guattari’s Philosophical ProjectSep 28, 2024A response icon3Sep 28, 2024A response icon3
A Trip Through The Six Buddhist RealmsThe core teachings of Buddhism are summarized in the iconography of the “Wheel of Life,” or Bhavacakra. This classic image is reproduced…Aug 13, 2024A response icon1Aug 13, 2024A response icon1
A Primer on MDMA and “Neurotoxicity”Yesterday (June 4th) the FDA advisory committee voted almost unanimously to recommend against the adoption of MDMA…Jun 5, 2024A response icon11Jun 5, 2024A response icon11