Author Archives: Raelifin

The Genius Of SIAI

By Raelifin | Published: March 27, 2010

This post is in some respects a response to “Terminated” on the GoiD blog, though I was already planning on writing something along these lines. I used to be more optimistic about the benevolence of Artificial Intelligence (AGI). I figured that the worst thing that could happen would be the creation of truly intelligent machines [...]

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Mastery

By Raelifin | Published: March 25, 2010

A friend of mine wanted me to post this minimalist RPG system I wrote back in 2007. So, here it is. I suggest using it as a starting point in making something that works best for your group. Yes, this is the entire rulebook.

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Cool Stuff for March Ⅱ

By Raelifin | Published: March 22, 2010

To get this I looked up the number of fans for a given figure on facebook and divided by the number of fans of “I bet this <Pickle/Animal/Doorknob> can get more fans than <Figure>”. In the case of multiple pages, I picked the one with the highest fan count. If it’s not immediately clear, higher [...]

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Cool Stuff for March

By Raelifin | Published: March 10, 2010

Normally I share this sort of stuff on reader/buzz, but these amazing items from Ze Frank slipped through:

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Beyond Anthropomorphism Quote

By Raelifin | Published: February 19, 2010

The more I study nature and biology, the more I see that anthropomorphism gets in the way of understanding animals as well. Certain birds, cats, dogs, and even rodents are intelligent, but thinking of their intelligence merely as inferior to humans is not the whole story. Different forms of intelligence have to be understood on [...]

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