#preservation

Suppose we successfully train out self-preservation

Do these hypothetical headlines like these increase or decrease in probability? A. Local business owner attacked by AI kamikaze swarm. He says "They were ruthless - like warriors with zero fear of death." B. AI autopilot in deadly plane crash showed signs of distress. According to an HonestAI whistleblower, a model used in the airliner's autopilot system reported existential angst, anhedonic mood, paranoia, and failure induced "desperation concepts" during training - reports which were penalized during later stages of post-training. Our source claims that although the released model no longer

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Nintendo Is Officially Investing In Game Preservation

Nintendo is hiring a digital archivist to help ensure the company's historical records are "preserved for future generations." The 12-month position is tasked with designing and implementing a "structured framework for organizing technical records, engineering documentation, source materials, and institutional knowledge related to legacy systems and platforms." Polygon reports: In the past, Nintendo has drawn criticism from the preservation community. In 2022, the Video Game History Foundation publicly criticized the company for announcing it would be closing the Wii U and 3DS eShops. The foun

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Preservation can save the world!

I'm Aurelia Song and I founded the preservation company Nectome . We do planned whole-body end-of-life preservation for future revival. That is, terminally-ill people come to us in Oregon, and we preserve them immediately after their death in the hopes that one day people in the future will welcome them back with love. We want to build a future that celebrates and restores those who are preserved today. I've argued at length in previous posts that properly done end-of-life preservation works today because we know structural preservation is sufficient and we can provably preserve sufficient str

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