25
Jan
AI "computer use" is not very secure right now
An overview of why I find the tools worrying and would not personally use an LLM based tool which can
9 min read
George McGowan
01
Jan
Products and services I recommend you buy and use
Inspired by the many, many others of these (e.g. Mr Bowman). No referral links because I can't
4 min read
14
Dec
What is it like to be a Hive Mind?
(And other questions about Pluribus, spoilers throughout, up to date as of episode 8)
In the hit Apple TV show
6 min read
29
Sep
California Travelogue
Bay Area
* Quality of life seems good overall, nice climate, nice food and things to do. I could see myself
2 min read
21
May
Digital people could make AI safer
Epistemic status: Speculation, I am not confident in my views here and I skim
over a lot of issues.
TL;
5 min read
08
May
Breaking into software development
TL;DR Software developers are well paid and have relatively easy lives. If you
want to be a software developer
4 min read
22
Oct
Thoughts on my personality
This is likely of interest only to myself and a few others.
It's always interesting to think about
2 min read
10
Jul
UFOs are probably nothing
The recent rash of UFO interest is not unprecedented and you shouldn't conclude much from it
2 min read
12
Dec
2020 Donations
TL;DR I'm giving away £35k this year. £3.5k to SCI and the remainder to the Long
3 min read
01
Jun
Mars as an x-risk reduction strategy
Note 1: This is an old post I wrote in 2019, I have moved it here because I find the
4 min read