Michael Nielsen

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Michael Aaron Nielsen (born January 4, 1974) is a quantum physicist, science writer, and computer programming researcher living in San Francisco.

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Tweet Feb 24, 2024

A letter from Richard Feynman

by Michael Nielsen

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Article Sep 18, 2023

Notes on Existential Risk from Artificial Superintelligence

by Michael Nielsen

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Tweet Aug 23, 2023

I'm aware this is definitionally the wrong place to ask, but do people have a sense of where most discussion has moved? My sense is mostly of fragmentation, unfortunately. I think Twitter may(!) eventually re-emerge as something much more profita

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Tweet Apr 20, 2023

Curious: what are the strongest public expressions of concern about catastrophic or x-risk made by senior leaders of major AI labs? Both Sam Altman & Shane Legg have made unambiguous statements. I don't know of similar statements from Dario Amode

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Tweet Feb 15, 2023

A new not-for-profit, @spec__tech, aims to help enable research that is (currently) a poor fit for academia and industry, but which is critical for important new technologies: twitter.com/Ben_Reinhardt/status/1625867614281932800

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Article Jan 3, 2023

Discovery fiction

by Michael Nielsen

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Podcast episode Nov 1, 2022

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by Devon Zuegel and Michael Nielsen

Paper Oct 18, 2022

A Vision of Metascience

by Michael Nielsen and Kanjun Qiu

Article Aug 1, 2022

Announcing a contest: EA Criticism and Red Teaming - EA Forum

by Michael Nielsen

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Article 2022

The Coming Technological Singularity

by Michael Nielsen

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Article Oct 13, 2021

How to use a personal website to enhance your ability to think and create?

by Michael Nielsen

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Article Jul 22, 2021

Reflections on ‘The Bitter Lesson’

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