Archive - Ways of Seeing

Why pain needs better math

Quantifying pain is a moral necessity

May 23 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

December 2023

You need a plan for the future

It’s about to get weird

Dec 15, 2023 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

November 2022

Album review: Ants From Up There

This was originally a Twitter thread, hence the weird formatting and style.

Nov 14, 2022 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

August 2022

June 2022

We can do much more together

Jun 26, 2022 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

Alignment is extremely hard

"Can't we just ask the AI not to kill us?" I wish AI alignment was this easy.

Jun 9, 2022 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

May 2022

Bryan Caplan's keyhole solutions for immigration

A keyhole solution is an idea of “targeting specific problems through narrow, targeted solutions rather than trying to restrict or control unrelated…

May 29, 2022 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

Unconscious bias training doesn't work

From Tom Chivers:

May 28, 2022 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

March 2022

10 Japanese directors to know to impress your Tinder date

Japanese cinema is fascinating.

Mar 21, 2022 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

January 2022

Who's afraid of synthetic wombs?

The latest Twitter drama

Jan 20, 2022 •

Pierre Vandenberghe

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