Don't fall for rhetorical answers - Holly Elmore
"Just let humanity die" may relieve your terror, but it's not a real answer. Just because an answer gives you a conversational out doesn't mean it solves the problem.| hollyelmore.substack.com
"Just let humanity die" may relieve your terror, but it's not a real answer. Just because an answer gives you a conversational out doesn't mean it solves the problem.| hollyelmore.substack.com
Regulation cannot be written in blood alone.| hollyelmore.substack.com
My PhD is in evolutionary biology, and I spent much of my time learning and thinking about genetic governance mechanisms like meiosis.| Holly Elmore
Feeling responsible for what you can’t control is pointless labor that no one asked for, like drinking poison and hoping your ebbing strength will magically be given to those in need.| Holly Elmore
We could be creating these models to suffer.| Holly Elmore
Ethical chucklesluts honor what kindles their light and they share it is often as they like. Resist chuckleslut-shaming!| Holly Elmore
We notice that journalists aren't experts when we are experts in that field. But the narcissism of small differences can also make us overestimate of the incorrectness of reporting about our field.| Holly Elmore
Topic: Why wasn't AI Safety Advocacy a thing until last year?| Holly Elmore
Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse and I got into the psychology and sociology of AI Safety in particular during this one| Holly Elmore
I had a lot of fun with this interview and felt that I expressed my current thinking well. Michael was a great interviewer.| Holly Elmore
That’s right, I don’t have orgasms. It’s not for lack of trying, and it's okay.| Holly Elmore
I drafted this in 2021 and just fucking blocking people has only worked better and better for me with time.| Holly Elmore
A recording I made of a short talk I gave at an EAG Bay Area 2023 session in February| Holly Elmore
This is the best resource I have put out explaining my goals and dealing with objections to Pause advocacy so far. Tune in if you’re curious!| Holly Elmore
I always wanted the male gaze because I wanted men to idealize me the way that I idealized them.| Holly Elmore
Since my post about Baker's Law and the evolution of sex was so popular, I thought I might as well throw up my defense presentation.| Holly Elmore
The siren call of Purgatory is that, there, everything feels changeable, perfectible-- not even the past is set in stone.| Holly Elmore
Listen for a conversation about incentive structures in science and how to get your own asteroid ;)| Holly Elmore
Some of the central ideas of my PhD that I found in an old folder, thought were pretty good, and polished up for blog form.| Holly Elmore
