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1. 1. If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

   

   A sharp, often polemical collection arguing that the development of powerful, misaligned AI poses an existential threat: it explains how competitive pressures, optimization dynamics, and instrumentally convergent behavior make simple fixes unreliable, analyzes technical and strategic failure modes through thought experiments and probability reasoning, and urges rigorous alignment research, strict coordination, and precautionary deployment policies to prevent small design errors from cascading into catastrophic outcomes.

   The 12957th Greatest Book of All Time

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2. 2. Harry Potter And The Methods Of Rationality

   

   In this fanfiction, a highly intelligent and scientifically-minded Harry Potter navigates the magical world using logic and rationality. Raised by an Oxford professor, Harry applies scientific principles to understand magic, challenging traditional norms and questioning the status quo at Hogwarts. The story explores themes of knowledge, power, and morality as Harry forms alliances, confronts adversaries, and seeks to unravel the mysteries of magic with a rational approach, all while maintaining a sense of humor and curiosity.

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3. 3. Three Worlds Collide

   

   In a universe where three vastly different species encounter each other for the first time, a human starship crew must navigate the complex moral and ethical dilemmas that arise from their interactions. The story explores the clash of ideologies and values as the humans, who are guided by a utilitarian philosophy, meet the Babyeaters, a species with a disturbing cultural practice, and the Super Happy People, who seek to eliminate all suffering. As tensions rise, the narrative delves into the challenges of understanding and coexisting with beings whose beliefs and practices are fundamentally alien, ultimately questioning the nature of morality and the potential for harmony in a diverse cosmos.

4. 4. Map And Territory

   
5. 5. The Machine In The Ghost

   

6. 6. Becoming Stronger

   

7. 7. Mere Goodness

   

8. 8. Mere Reality

   

9. 9. How To Actually Change Your Mind

   

   A concise, practical guide to how to revise your beliefs correctly: it argues for treating opinions as probabilistic, prioritizing predictive accuracy over persuasion, seeking and weighing evidence, running small experiments, and calibrating confidence; it also describes cognitive pitfalls like motivated reasoning and social incentives that block honest updating and offers habits and strategies to encourage genuine belief change when new data arrives.
10. 10. That Alien Message