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Hidden Open Thread 448.5

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Alexander, S. (2026, August 28). Hidden Open Thread 448.5. Astral Codex Ten. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/hidden-open-thread-4485

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Astral Codex Ten · 53 article(s) · 3 correction(s) detected

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Scott Alexander

46 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction

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🔮 [This is one of the finalists in the 2026 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done.

2026-10-10 · assertive framing · Your Book Review: We Present Television

🔮 When I objected that maybe we should wait for you to accept before figuring out details, they all said great, that’s absolutely right, they would contact you right away.

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · An Open Letter To Steven Pinker On AI

🔮 I’m pretty busy and will try to make up for it after that changes.

2026-10-05 · assertive framing · Open Thread 454

🔮 My wife and I could make healthy embryos, but none of the transfers were sticking.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Our AI Midwife

🔮 The challenger in that race, Jamie Joyce, contacted me and asked me to change my mind (both candidates will be facing off again in the general election).

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · Open Thread 453

🔮 [This is one of the finalists in the 2026 book review contest, written by an ACX reader who will remain anonymous until after voting is done.

2026-09-25 · assertive framing · Your Book Review: Lee Kuan Yew's Memoirs

🔮 In the public debates after the release of AI 2027, some people accused us of misleading readers by positing “neuralese recurrence”, a hypothetical technology that would allow AIs to think dangerous thoughts without getting detected.

2026-09-24 · assertive framing · The Specter Of Neuralese

🔮 If you trained an AI to give the 19th-century names for birds (eg identify the American Pipit by its 19th-century name “Brown Titlark”), then the AI would behave like a 19th-century person in general (for example, assert that a woman’s proper place is in the home).

2026-09-23 · assertive framing · Mysteries Of AI Generalization

🔮 1: Josh Morrison, who wrote the guest post about how AI Superforecasting Will Transform The FDA, will be doing a panel on the subject with former FDA employee Adam Kroetsch in SF on October 1.

2026-09-21 · assertive framing · Open Thread 452

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